The Influence of Phosphorous Alloy Additions on the Zinc Phosphate Coating Formation on Cold Rolled Steels
Abstract One of the more common and economical means of producing cold rolled and annealed sheet steel with high strength and formability is by alloying with phosphorous (P). However, the P alloy additions have been found to increase the porosity in zinc phosphate pretreatment coatings which, in turn, may reduce painted steel corrosion resistance. Electrochemical measurements indicated that P increases phosphate coating porosity by inhibiting hydrogen recombination during the first stages of phosphate coating formation. Abrasive surface conditioning of rephosphorized steel did not remove the inhibiting effect of P; thus, bulk P, and not P that segregated to the surface during annealing, was responsible for the effect.