EP0501867A1 - Verfahren zum Beizen von Stahlwerkstoffen wie z.B. rostfreien und legierten Stählen - Google Patents

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EP0501867A1
EP0501867A1 EP92400471A EP92400471A EP0501867A1 EP 0501867 A1 EP0501867 A1 EP 0501867A1 EP 92400471 A EP92400471 A EP 92400471A EP 92400471 A EP92400471 A EP 92400471A EP 0501867 A1 EP0501867 A1 EP 0501867A1
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    • C23COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
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    • C23G1/00Cleaning or pickling metallic material with solutions or molten salts
    • C23G1/02Cleaning or pickling metallic material with solutions or molten salts with acid solutions
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    • C23COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
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  • the present invention relates to a process for pickling and descaling stainless steel and / or alloy steel materials, and in particular for over-pickling allowing the elimination of an internal oxidation layer located on the surface of the materials, under the scale.
  • the internal oxidation layer is formed when the solubility of oxygen is very low, that is to say about 100 ppm, under a low partial pressure, particularly below the scale, on the surface of metals or metal alloys. .
  • the internal oxidation results in the formation of oxides of the residual or addition elements, more oxidizable than iron such as aluminum and / or silicon, these elements entering into the formation. of compounds such as iron aluminate, (FeAl2O4), the formation of these compounds being detrimental to the good performance of the materials in service.
  • iron aluminate FeAl2O4
  • the oxidation of the material before pickling as a result of the more or less significant alteration of the metal or of the underlying metal alloy, generates surface dechromization subsequently causing a modification, in composition, of the healthy metal. .
  • the pickling and / or descaling processes make it possible to remove the layers of scale but do not always have the specific properties to remove the layers affected by internal oxidation.
  • the products are immersed in over-pickling baths composed of nitric acid and hydrofluoric acid in a proportion of 60 to 160 g / l of HNO3 and 10 at 50 g / l of HF, the overblasting bath being used at a temperature above 40 ° C.
  • Such a method allows, when used at a temperature above 60 ° C., the pickling of the layer affected by internal oxidation.
  • This process has the disadvantage, on the one hand, of leading to an intense release of particularly toxic oxide or nitrogen dioxide vapor and, on the other hand, of generating releases of nitro compounds, some of which are particularly toxic.
  • FR-A-2 5887 369 also describes a process for pickling stainless steel products in which a pickling bath is used which is essentially composed of a hydrofluoric acid and water bath, in a concentration of less than 50 g / l in which iron is dissolved in ferric iron and ferrous iron and the content of ferric iron is maintained at least 15 g / l by oxidation of the bath.
  • the active pickling agent is the ferric ion Fe3+, the acid solution containing H+ ions being essentially a vector allowing maintenance in proportion of the Fe2+ and Fe3 en ions in the form of complexes, by controlling the redox potential of said pickling bath.
  • This process has the disadvantage, when the surface of the product is sensitive to the formation of a internal oxidation layer, for example during long-term annealing, not to eliminate this layer.
  • the subject of the invention is a method of pickling metallic materials such as stainless steels and alloy steels which, in addition to pickling calamines, also control over-stripping of an internal oxidation layer.
  • Maintaining the desired value of the redox potential can be obtained by the introduction or the in situ formation in the bath of an oxidizing gas chosen from air, ozone, oxygen or by addition to the bath of compounds chosen from hydrogen peroxide, persalts, mineral and organic peracids, or any other source of oxygen.
  • an oxidizing gas chosen from air, ozone, oxygen or by addition to the bath of compounds chosen from hydrogen peroxide, persalts, mineral and organic peracids, or any other source of oxygen.
  • its volume is generally between 10 and 100 g / m2 of material surface.
  • the acid concentration of the bath is generally at least 5% by weight.
  • its concentration is advantageously from 40 to 150 g / l.
  • the concentration of ferric iron (which is in the complexed state) is generally 20 to 100 g / l.
  • the bath temperature is advantageously from 40 to 80 ° C.
  • FIG. single represents the sectional image of an oxide layer on which the various constituent compounds are materialized.
  • Fig. single is shown in section an oxide layer.
  • the various constituent compounds which are present there demonstrate the influence of oxygen and its partial pressure on the chemical form of said compounds.
  • a layer 2 of Fe2O3, of a layer 3 of Fe3O4, of a layer 4 of FeO Under this assembly forming the oxide layer, also called calamine, there sometimes appears a so-called internal oxidation layer which has a composition close to that of healthy metal, but which is enriched with inclusive oxidized compounds.
  • elements of this internal oxidation layer releases elements of constitution such as silicon and aluminum, very sensitive to oxygen, which forms compounds, such as, for example, iron silicates and aluminates, ( SiO2, 2FeO); (Al2O3, 3FeO).
  • the control of said parameters is ensured in particular, on the one hand, by the measurement of a REDOX potential and, on the other hand, by the release of hydrogen.
  • the Fe+++ / Fe++ ratio is maintained at a value between 1 and 10 and preferably at a value of 4 by measuring the REDOX potential maintained at 200 mV / Ag / AgCl.
  • the amount of hydrogen resulting from reaction (b) is 2 ml / cm2.
  • Hydrofluoric acid is introduced into the bath to maintain a concentration of 80 g / l.
  • the acid concentration is a determining factor in the over-stripping reaction, because it generates H+ ions, complexing Fe+++ and Cr+++ ions, over-active and dissolving agent of the silicates present in the layer of internal oxidation.
  • the mixed complexes formed between Fe++ and Fe+++ are of the Fe2F5 nH2O type, n being between 2 and 10.

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EP92400471A 1991-02-25 1992-02-24 Verfahren zum Beizen von Stahlwerkstoffen wie z.B. rostfreien und legierten Stählen Expired - Lifetime EP0501867B1 (de)

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FR9102222A FR2673200A1 (fr) 1991-02-25 1991-02-25 Procede de surdecapage de materiaux en acier tels que les aciers inoxydables et les aciers allies.
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