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Electrolyte bath for trivalent chromium plating

a trivalent chromium and electrolyte technology, applied in the field of electrolyte chromium bath, can solve the problems of chromium producing hazardous sludge, requiring expensive chemicals, and hexavalent chromium also posing environmental risks

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-06-08
EDIGARYAN ARAMAYIS
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[0010] The aforementioned difficulties have been completely eliminated in the present invention. The present invention achieves both decorative and hard plating of trivalent chromium with the advantages of reducing environmental hazards associated with hexavalent chromium and creating a higher level of chrome output which is applicable to both decorative and high-impact industrial hard trivalent chromium plating.

Problems solved by technology

Use of hexavalent chromium produces hazardous sludge and requires use of expensive chemicals to reduce the waste to a nonhazardous form.
Hexavalent chromium also poses an environmental risk as it mat escape through spill and leaks and a health risk to individuals working with the material as hexavalent chromium solution is carried by hydrogen gas mist which is generated through the plating process, particular when performing hard chromium plating.
While use of trivalent chromium coatings has become a popular alternative for thin, decorative plating, problems still remain.
Often, anode and cathode must be separated to avoid this problem but in turn this reduces practical use of this method of chrome plating.
Trivalent chromium plating is problematic as neutral salts tend to build up in the plating solution and reduce efficiency.
These difficulties limit the use of trivalent chromium plating to thin coating applications.
While pulse current plating has been employed to obtain thicker layers, it does not produce the desired corrosion-resistant coating.

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Chromium potassium sulphate CrK(SO4)2.12H2O250 g / lSodium oxalate Na2C2O4 30 g / lAluminum sulphate Al2(SO4)3.18H2O110 g / lSodium fluoride NaF 20 g / l

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Chromium sulphate Cr2(SO4)3.6H2O150 g / lSodium oxalate Na2C2O4 30 g / lAluminum sulphate Al2(SO4)3.18H2O110 g / lSodium fluoride NaF 20 g / l

[0048] The bath is prepared in an enameled vessel equipped with heating element and mixer, using distilled or deionized water in volume of 40% less than the desired volume of electrolyte. Initially all components, as set forth above in Example 1 and 2, are placed in the bath, except for the chromium salt component, are introduced into the vessel and mixed with heat, preferably bringing the temperature of the solution to preferably 92-93° C. After complete dissolution of the aforementioned components, chromium salt, preferably chromium potassium sulphate or chromium sulphate is introduced into the solution and the solution is further mixed with heat for approximately 15-20 minutes. After the solution cools to a temperature of 45-50° C., the pH level is adjusted accordingly as is discussed herein and electrolyte is ready for use in operation of th...

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Abstract

An electrolyte bath and method of electrolytically plating a layer of metallic chromium on a substrate comprises providing an electrolyte bath of a trivalent chromium, passing a current through the bath from an anode to a cathode which receives the substrate, maintaining the electrolyte bath at a desired temperature and a desired pH and depositing the trivalent chromium onto the substrate at a desired rate.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS [0001] This application is a divisional application of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 876,073 for “Chromium Plating Method,” filed Jun. 24, 2004.FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to a chromium plating method utilizing trivalent chromium (chromium III). More specifically, the present invention relates to an electrolyte chromium bath and method to achieve both decorative and high impact industrial trivalent chromium plating. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] Chromium plating is an electrochemical process well-known in the art. There are two general types of chromium plating, hard chromium plating and decorative chromium plating. Hard chromium plating includes application of a heavy coating of chromium onto steel items typically to prevent wear, and exists in thicknesses in the thousandths of an inch (10-1000 μm). Decorative chromium plating applies a much thinner layer of chromium, in millionths of inch...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): C25D3/04C25D3/06C25D17/10C25D21/18
CPCC25D3/06C25D17/10C25D21/18
Inventor EDIGARYAN, ARAMAYIS
Owner EDIGARYAN ARAMAYIS
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