Relation between the structures of chromate films, formed by electrolytic reduction in CrO
3-Co
2+-Cl
- and CrO
3-SO
42- bath on Zn and Zn-Ni alloy plated steel, and characteristics has been investigated. The structure of chromate film formed in CrO
3-Co
2+-Cl
- bath is amorphous and a little Cl is uniformly distributed in the film.
The film is mainly composed of Cr(OH)
2, Cr
2O
3, a lot of Cr
6+, and only a little Zn
2+, not containing Cr. When the film is formed, Zn
2+ dissolution rate in chromate bath is affected by Zn and Zn-Ni alloy plated steel sheet, and then dissolved Zn
2+reacts with Cr
6+in the film to reduce Cr
6+and simultaneously produce Cr
3+ in the film. Co
2+ CrO
3-Co
2+-Cl
-bath suppresses the dissolution of Zn
2+, and so component of the film formed in the bath is stabilized. Furthermore, materials chromated in the bath show excellent corrosion resistance, because much Cr
6+ in the film repairs defects of surface. Cr(OH)
3 in outer layer of film affects paint adhesion. The more Cr(OH)
3 is, the better paint adhesion becomes.
It is necessary that chromated materials secure stabilized properties as the results of controling Zn
2+ dissolved from materials. In the case of chromating in CrO
3-Co
2+-Cl
-bath, Zn
2+hardly dissolves in chromarte film.
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