Process of phosphating before electroimmersion painting

Abstract

Disclosed is a composition and a process of using the composition for phosphating a workpiece made of steel or partly galvanized steel in preparation for electro-immersion painting. The cleaned and rinsed workpiece is first activated with a weakly alkaline aqueous solution which contains titanium phosphate and is subsequently dipped into an acid aqueous phosphating solution at a temperature of from 40.degree. to 60.degree. C. which contains 1.8 to 5 g/l Zn, 0.1 to 7 g/l Fe(II), 8 to 25 g/l P.sub.2 O.sub.5, 5 to 30 g/l NO.sub.3 and in which the controlled ratio of free acid to total acid is between 0.04 and 0.07. The phosphating solution preferably contains 3 g/l zinc and 0.5 to 5 g/l iron(II) and additionally contains up to 3 g/l manganese. Other suitable components of the phosphating solution are Co, Ni, hydroxylamine, fluorides, tartaric acid, citric acid, and m-nitrobenzene sulfonate.

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