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Phosphating Help

Dear Sir,

I am working on a small project related to phosphating of mild steel. I would like to know the phosphating bath composition (either Zn or Mn) which can give some corrosion resistance to the mild steel.

B. Vamsi Krishna
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Phosphating is the chemical treatment of iron, steel, zinc, cadmium, aluminum, and their alloys, by means of a dilute acid phosphate solution saturated with one or more of these metals, so that the metal is converted to an insoluble crystalline phosphate coating. For a small project, I would buy a proprietary solution from a local vendor.

Tom Pullizzi
Falls Township, Pennsylvania

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