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US2357219A
US2357219A US426315A US42631542A US2357219A US 2357219 A US2357219 A US 2357219A US 426315 A US426315 A US 426315A US 42631542 A US42631542 A US 42631542A US 2357219 A US2357219 A US 2357219A
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    • C23COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
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  • the present invention relates to an improved method of polishing articles 'made of corrosionresistant ferrous alloys, and more particularly,
  • the invention is applicable to the general class of iron-chromium alloys in which the alloying constituents are present in sufficient quantities to substantially passivize the iron, and more particularly to that group of chromium-nickel-iron alloys known as stainless steels, of which the commercial stainless steel known as 18-8 and containing 18% chromium, 8% nickel and the balance substantially all iron is representative.
  • a smooth mirror finish on articles of the character described has been found to greatly reduce the corrosive action of chemicals on such surfaces. While it is possible to produce such a finish on articles which have all externally exposed surfaces by mechanical or anodic electrolytic polishing methods, such methods are of little practical value where the article has intricate internally exposed surfaces, such as frequently occur in complex castings of stainless steel.
  • My invention is particularly useful in polishing such castings as the polishing treatment is simultaneously effective in removing scale and burnt-in sand from such castings, resulting in a complete resurfacing of the article and the production of a smooth cleanpassivated mirror finish.
  • the articles to be treated are immersed in-a special chemical bath for a predetermined time, varying from a few sec: onds for thin sheets of stainlesssteel to about five minutes for relatively large intricate castings of stainless steel.
  • the chemical bath preferably employed is a strong acidic solution having the following characteristics:
  • Nitric acid HNOa
  • Chromium .trioxide can be used instead of nitric acid'but is definitely not as eifectlve for my purposes; and
  • the chloride of one or more of the following group of metals cobalt, nickel, iron, chromium or titanium, nickel or iron chloride being preferred in view of their low cost and availability. I have found that without on of these in the bath, the acid corrodent will not produce at the best more than. a silvery sheen on the exposed surfaces of the articles and never the desired mirror finish.
  • Nitric acid 25 Hydrofluoric acid (HF) 15, Water (H20) 50 A chloride of one or more of the group Co,
  • the bath should preferably be maintained at a temperature of from 180-200 F.
  • the amount of hydrofluoric acid used should not be over 30% by weight, and preferably less than this value in view of the increasing violence of its action with the higher concentrations.
  • the amount of metal chloride used should be within the range of 5-15% by weight of the solution.
  • the bath may be made effective as a polishing bath in accordance with my invention by the addition of .the proper amount of hydrochloric acid (HCl) to form the corresponding metal chloride or chlorides.
  • HCl hydrochloric acid
  • the method of forming a smooth mirror finish on the exposed surfaces of a stainless steel article which comprises immersing the article in a chemical bath containing from 10 to 30% by weight of nitric acid, effective amounts up to 30% by weight of hydrofluoric acid, 5 to 15% by weight of a chloride of a metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel, iron, chromium and titanium, and the balance substantially all water.
  • the method of forming a smooth mirror finish on the exposed surfaces of a stainless steel article which comprises immersing the article in a chemical bath containing-approximately 25% by weight of nitric acid, 15% by weight of hydrofluoric acid, by weight of a chloride of a metal selected from the'group consisting of cobalt, nickel, iron, chromium and titanium, and the balance substantially all water.
  • the method of forming-a smooth mirror finish on the "exposed surfaces of a stainless steel article which comprises immersing the article for a period of not more than five minutes in a chemical bath containing from 10 to 39% by weight of nitric acid, effective amounts up to 30% by weight of hydrofluoric acid, 5 to by weight, of a chloride of a metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel, iron, chromium and titanium, and the balance substantially all water.
  • a stainless steel article which has been simultaneously chemically resurfaced to provide a mirror finish on its exposed surfaces and passivized by treatment in a bath containing from 10% to 30% by weight of nitric acid, eflective amounts up to 30% by weight of'hydrofiuoric acid, 5 to 15% by weight of a chloride of a metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel, iron, chromium and titanium, and the balance substantially all water.
  • a stainless steel article which has been simultaneously chemically resurfaced to provide a mirror finish on its exposed surfaces and passivized by treatment in a bath containing approximately by weight of nitric acid, 15% by weight of hydrofluoric acid, 10% by weight of a chloride of a metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel, iron, chromium and titanium, and the balance substantially all water.
  • a chemical bath for the treatment of stainless steel articles to provide a mirror finish thereon which contains from 10 to by weight of nitric acid, eifective amounts up to 30% by weight of hydrofluoric acid, 5 to 15% by weight of a chloride of a metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel, iron, chromium and r' tanium, and the balance substantially all water.
  • a chemical bath for the treatment of stainless steel articles to provide a mirror finish thereon which contains approximately 25% by weight of nitric acid, 15% by weight of hydrofluoric acid, 10% by weight of a chloride of a metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel, iron, chromium and titanium, and the balance substantially all water.

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Patented Aug. 29,
CORROSION-RESISTANT FERROUS ALLOYS Norman S. Mott, Westfield, N. J., assignor of onehalf to Joseph P. Moran, Westfield, N. J.
No Drawing. Application January 10, 1942, Serial No. 426,315
8 Claims. (CLMHE) The present invention relates to an improved method of polishing articles 'made of corrosionresistant ferrous alloys, and more particularly,
to an improved method of chemically treating articles of corrosion-resistant ferrous alloys to produce not merely a lustre or sheen on the exposed surface of the article, but instead a mirror finish throughout the external and internal exposed surfaces of the article comparable to that produced on external exposed surfaces by mechanical or anodic electrolytic polishing.
The invention is applicable to the general class of iron-chromium alloys in which the alloying constituents are present in sufficient quantities to substantially passivize the iron, and more particularly to that group of chromium-nickel-iron alloys known as stainless steels, of which the commercial stainless steel known as 18-8 and containing 18% chromium, 8% nickel and the balance substantially all iron is representative.
A smooth mirror finish on articles of the character described has been found to greatly reduce the corrosive action of chemicals on such surfaces. While it is possible to produce such a finish on articles which have all externally exposed surfaces by mechanical or anodic electrolytic polishing methods, such methods are of little practical value where the article has intricate internally exposed surfaces, such as frequently occur in complex castings of stainless steel. My invention is particularly useful in polishing such castings as the polishing treatment is simultaneously effective in removing scale and burnt-in sand from such castings, resulting in a complete resurfacing of the article and the production of a smooth cleanpassivated mirror finish.
In my improved method the articles to be treated are immersed in-a special chemical bath for a predetermined time, varying from a few sec: onds for thin sheets of stainlesssteel to about five minutes for relatively large intricate castings of stainless steel. The chemical bath preferably employed is a strong acidic solution having the following characteristics:
1. There must be a substantial percentage of a highly active corrodent or attacking medium which tends to dissolv the metal surface uniformly rather than producing an etching efiect. I have found that hydrofluoric acid (HF) is most suitable for this purpose when in the presence of nitrioacid, and that it will give a uniform light silvery attack;
2. There must be present a large quantity of a constituent which will produce a strongly oxi dizing condition. Nitric acid (HNOa) is preferred for this purpose as it simultaneously produces passivation of the metal surface. Chromium .trioxide can be used instead of nitric acid'but is definitely not as eifectlve for my purposes; and
3. There must also be included in the chemical bath a lustre or sheen producing constituent,
and preferably the chloride of one or more of the following group of metals: cobalt, nickel, iron, chromium or titanium, nickel or iron chloride being preferred in view of their low cost and availability. I have found that without on of these in the bath, the acid corrodent will not produce at the best more than. a silvery sheen on the exposed surfaces of the articles and never the desired mirror finish.
For the best results I have found that a bath of the following composition is preferable:
Percent by weight Nitric acid (HNOa) 25 Hydrofluoric acid (HF) 15, Water (H20) 50 A chloride of one or more of the group Co,
Ni, Fe, Cr, or T1 10 The bath should preferably be maintained at a temperature of from 180-200 F.
While the formula given is indicative of the character of the chemical bath employed in the duce little or no polishing eifect. The amount of hydrofluoric acid used should not be over 30% by weight, and preferably less than this value in view of the increasing violence of its action with the higher concentrations. The amount of metal chloride used should be within the range of 5-15% by weight of the solution.
Where a HF-HNO: acid picklingbath contains nitrates or fluorides of the metals Co, Ni, Fe, Cr or Ti in sufllcient quantity, the bath may be made effective as a polishing bath in accordance with my invention by the addition of .the proper amount of hydrochloric acid (HCl) to form the corresponding metal chloride or chlorides.
It will be understood that the particular solutions described are given as examples of chemical baths which wholly or partly accomplish'the desired result of producing stainless steel articles having a smooth clean mirror finish on all of its external and internai surfaces. The scope of the invention is indicated. by the appended 1 of a metal selected from the group consisting of claims rather than by the foregoing description,
and all variations in ingredients falling within the range of equivalency of the claims are intended to be embraced therein.
,1 claim:
1. The method of forming a smooth mirror finish on the exposed surfaces of a stainless steel article which comprises immersing the article in a chemical bath containing from 10 to 30% by weight of nitric acid, effective amounts up to 30% by weight of hydrofluoric acid, 5 to 15% by weight of a chloride of a metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel, iron, chromium and titanium, and the balance substantially all water.
2. The method of forming a smooth mirror finish on the exposed surfaces of a stainless steel article which comprises immersing the article in a chemical bath containing-approximately 25% by weight of nitric acid, 15% by weight of hydrofluoric acid, by weight of a chloride of a metal selected from the'group consisting of cobalt, nickel, iron, chromium and titanium, and the balance substantially all water.
3. The method of forming-a smooth mirror finish on the "exposed surfaces of a stainless steel article which comprises immersing the article for a period of not more than five minutes in a chemical bath containing from 10 to 39% by weight of nitric acid, effective amounts up to 30% by weight of hydrofluoric acid, 5 to by weight, of a chloride of a metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel, iron, chromium and titanium, and the balance substantially all water.
4. The method of forming a smooth mirror finish on the exposed surfaces of a stainless steel article which comprises immersing the article for a period of not morethan five minutes in a chemical bath at a temperature of from 180200 F.
' and containing from 10 to 30% by weight of nitric cobalt, nickel, iron,.chromium and titanium, and the balance substantially all water.
5. A stainless steel article which has been simultaneously chemically resurfaced to provide a mirror finish on its exposed surfaces and passivized by treatment in a bath containing from 10% to 30% by weight of nitric acid, eflective amounts up to 30% by weight of'hydrofiuoric acid, 5 to 15% by weight of a chloride of a metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel, iron, chromium and titanium, and the balance substantially all water.
6. A stainless steel article which has been simultaneously chemically resurfaced to provide a mirror finish on its exposed surfaces and passivized by treatment in a bath containing approximately by weight of nitric acid, 15% by weight of hydrofluoric acid, 10% by weight of a chloride of a metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel, iron, chromium and titanium, and the balance substantially all water.
7. A chemical bath for the treatment of stainless steel articles to provide a mirror finish thereon which contains from 10 to by weight of nitric acid, eifective amounts up to 30% by weight of hydrofluoric acid, 5 to 15% by weight of a chloride of a metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel, iron, chromium and r' tanium, and the balance substantially all water.
8. A chemical bath for the treatment of stainless steel articles to provide a mirror finish thereon which contains approximately 25% by weight of nitric acid, 15% by weight of hydrofluoric acid, 10% by weight of a chloride of a metal selected from the group consisting of cobalt, nickel, iron, chromium and titanium, and the balance substantially all water.
NORMAN S. MO'I'I'.
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US2576680A (en) * 1945-09-15 1951-11-27 Electro Chimie Metal Method for increasing the resistance to corrosion of stainless steel
US2817610A (en) * 1955-05-26 1957-12-24 Isaac L Newell Method for the production of black oxide coatings on steel and iron and composition therefor
US2837407A (en) * 1955-07-08 1958-06-03 Rau Eric Method of reducing metallic corrosion by fuming nitric acid by addition of fluoride ion to acid
US2847371A (en) * 1955-06-28 1958-08-12 Tiarco Corp Chromium plating on aluminum
US2851385A (en) * 1952-04-03 1958-09-09 Amchem Prod Process and composition for coating aluminum surfaces
US3213008A (en) * 1961-06-14 1965-10-19 Ametek Inc Electrolytic polishing of stainless steel
US3505129A (en) * 1967-01-16 1970-04-07 Hooker Chemical Corp Chemical coating process for metal
US3539402A (en) * 1967-02-16 1970-11-10 Collardin Gmbh Gerhard Solutions for the deposition of protective surface layers on iron and zinc and process therefor
US4776898A (en) * 1985-03-20 1988-10-11 Omi International Corporation Passivation
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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US2576680A (en) * 1945-09-15 1951-11-27 Electro Chimie Metal Method for increasing the resistance to corrosion of stainless steel
US2507956A (en) * 1947-11-01 1950-05-16 Lithographic Technical Foundat Process of coating aluminum
US2851385A (en) * 1952-04-03 1958-09-09 Amchem Prod Process and composition for coating aluminum surfaces
US2817610A (en) * 1955-05-26 1957-12-24 Isaac L Newell Method for the production of black oxide coatings on steel and iron and composition therefor
US2847371A (en) * 1955-06-28 1958-08-12 Tiarco Corp Chromium plating on aluminum
US2837407A (en) * 1955-07-08 1958-06-03 Rau Eric Method of reducing metallic corrosion by fuming nitric acid by addition of fluoride ion to acid
US3213008A (en) * 1961-06-14 1965-10-19 Ametek Inc Electrolytic polishing of stainless steel
US3505129A (en) * 1967-01-16 1970-04-07 Hooker Chemical Corp Chemical coating process for metal
US3539402A (en) * 1967-02-16 1970-11-10 Collardin Gmbh Gerhard Solutions for the deposition of protective surface layers on iron and zinc and process therefor
US4776898A (en) * 1985-03-20 1988-10-11 Omi International Corporation Passivation
US6150040A (en) * 1997-05-15 2000-11-21 Jgc Corporation Pure steam-related apparatus protected from fouling and method of manufacturing the same
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