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Acid zinc electroplating process and composition

Assignee: M&T HARSHAW

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Filing: 1977-12-15

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Granted: 1979-01-30

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Expires: 1997-12-15

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Abstract

Abstract This invention relates to a method of producing bright zinc electrodeposits over a wide current density range, which comprises passing current from a zinc anode to a metal cathode for a time period sufficient to deposit a bright zinc electrodeposit upon said cathode; the current passing through an aqueous acidic bath composition containing at least one zinc compound providing zinc cations for electroplating zinc such as zinc chloride, zinc fluoborate, zinc sulfamate and zinc sulfate; chloride, fluoborate, sulfamate and/or sulfate anions may be added as salts of bath compatible cations to provide better electrical conductivity, and containing as cooperating additives at least one bath soluble substituted or unsubstituted polyether, at least one aliphatic unsaturated acid containing an aromatic or heteroaromatic group and at least one aromatic or N-heteroaromatic aldehyde.

Inventors

👤 Donald A. Arcilesi

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US

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Last Synchronized 2026-11-05 22:18

CPC Classifications

C; C25; C25D; C25D3/00; C25D3/02; C25D3/22

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10

Claim 1

Independent Claim 109 words

A method of producing bright zinc electrodeposits over a wide current density range, which comprises passing current from a zinc anode to a metal cathode for a time period sufficient to deposit a bright zinc electrodeposit upon said cathode; the current passing through an aqueous acidic bath composition containing at least one zinc compound providing zinc cations for electroplating zinc and containing as cooperating additives 1 to 50 g/l of at least one bath soluble substituted or unsubstituted polyether, 0.01 to 10 g/l of at least one aliphatic unsaturated acid containing an aromatic or heteroaromatic group and 0.001 to 10 g/l of at least one aromatic or N-heteroaromatic aldehyde.

Claim 2

Independent Claim 109 words

Claim 3

Dependent Claim 43 words

The process of claim 1 wherein said polyether is an alkyl propoxyethoxy polyether of the general structure: C.sub.n H.sub.2 n+1 (OC.sub.3 H.sub.6).sub.m1 (OC.sub.2 H.sub.4).sub.m2 OH where n is 6 to 14; m 1 is 1 to 6; m 2 is 10 to 20.

Claim 4

Dependent Claim 32 words

The process of claim 1 wherein at least one aliphatic unsaturated acid containing an aromatic or heteroaromatic group is of the general structure: ##STR41## where R is an aromatic or heteroaromatic moiety.

Claim 5

Dependent Claim 109 words

The process of claim 1 wherein at least one aromatic or N-heteroaromatic aldehyde (in which case one or more of the ##STR42## is replaced by --N═) is of the general structure: ##STR43## where each R 1 to R 5 is selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl groups with 1 to 5 carbon atoms, alkoxy groups with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, --OH, --NH 2 , --Cl, --COOH, --NO 2 , --SO 3 --groups provided that two vicinal R groups may be represented by a --OCH 2 O-- group or a --CH═CH--CH═CH-- group; the carbonyl group may be joined to the aromatic moiety by a vinylene (--CH═CH--) group.

Claim 6

Dependent Claim 81 words

A composition for producing bright zinc electrodeposits over a wide current density range, which comprises an aqueous acidic bath composition containing at least one zinc compound providing zinc cations for electroplating zinc and containing as cooperating additives 1 to 50 g/l of at least one bath soluble substituted or unsubstituted polyether, 0.01 to 10 g/l of at least one aliphatic unsaturated acid containing an aromatic or heteroaromatic group and 0.001 to 10 g/l of at least one aromatic or N-heteroaromatic aldehyde.

Claim 7

Dependent Claim 81 words

Claim 8

Dependent Claim 53 words

The composition of claim 5 wherein said polyether is an alkyl propoxyethoxy polyether of the general structure: C n H 2 n+1 (OC 3 H 6 ) m1 (OC 2 H 4 ) m2 OH where n is 6 to 14; m 1 is 1 to 6; m 2 is 10 to 20.

Claim 9

Dependent Claim 32 words

The composition of claim 5 wherein at least one aliphatic unsaturated acid containing an aromatic or heteroaromatic group is of the general structure: ##STR44## where R is an aromatic or heteroaromatic moiety.

Claim 10

Dependent Claim 109 words

The composition of claim 5 wherein at least one aromatic or N-heteroaromatic aldehyde (in which case one or more of the ##STR45## is replaced by --N═) is of the general structure: ##STR46## where each R 1 to R 5 is selected from the group consisting of H, alkyl groups with 1 to 5 carbon atoms, alkoxy groups with 1 to 4 carbon atoms, --OH, --NH 2 , --Cl, --COOH, --NO 2 , --SO 3 --groups provided that two vicinal R groups may be represented by a --OCH 2 O-- group or a --CH═CH--CH═CH-- group; the carbonyl group may be joined to the aromatic moiety by a vinylene (--CH═CH--) group.

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