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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1982
Thomas N Gillich, Whitehouse Station, NJ (US);
John E Walls, Annandale, NJ (US);
Stanley F Wanat, Scotch Plains, NJ (US);
William J Rozell, Martinsville, NJ (US);
American Hoechst Corporation, Somerville, NJ (US);
Abstract
According to the invention there is provided an electrochemical process for applying a firmly bonded insoluble metal oxide-organic complex on a metal surface by employing the metal as anode and a water-soluble poly basic organic acid as electrolyte together with a strong inorganic acid such as phosphoric acid or further admixed with another strong inorganic acid such as sulfuric. The polybasic acid may be a polyphosphonic acid, polyphosphoric and polycarboxyl acid, or polysulfonic acid and is advantageously polymeric. Polyvinyl phosphonic acid (PVPA) is a preferred electrolyte. Direct current is used. The insoluble metal oxide-organic complex formed is composed of anodic oxide combined with polyacid, which forms a protective layer on the metal of improved corrosion resistance. The metal oxide-organic complex is well-suited to bond light sensitive coatings thereto. The metal may be steel or aluminum. The process is economical and the product novel.