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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 29, 1999
Teruaki Izaki, Kitakyushu, JP;
Jun Maki, Kitakyushu, JP;
Masahiro Fuda, Kitakyushu, JP;
Nobuyoshi Okada, Kitakyushu, JP;
Takayuki Ohmori, Kitakyushu, JP;
Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A coating aluminized steel sheet suitable for fuel tanks, which comprises (a) a steel sheet, (b) an aluminized-plating layer formed on one or both sides of the steel sheet and based on aluminum or an aluminum alloy containing 2-15 wt% silicon, and (c) a coating layer formed on at least one of the aluminizing layers and selected from the group consisting of i) a resin chromate film having a film thickness of 0.1-2 &mgr;m and containing a resin and a chromic acid compound, with the resin/metal chromium weight ratio in the range of 0.5-18, ii) an inorganic-based chromate film with the coating layer formed to 10-200 mg/m in terms of metallic chromium, which comprises 100 parts by weight of a chromic acid compound in terms of metallic chromium and 100-1000 parts by weight of colloidal silica, and further comprises any one or more of 100-600 parts by weight of a phosphoric acid compound, 10-200 parts by weight of a phosphonic acid or phosphonic acid salt compound and less than 50 parts by weight of a resin, and iii) an inorganic-based chromate film with a coating amount of at least 10 mg/m and less than 35 mg/m in terms of metallic chromium. There are provided automobile fuel tanks with excellent durability, forming formability and weldability, and a seam welding process for fuel tanks.