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US2996353A US803350A US80335059A US2996353A US 2996353 A US2996353 A US 2996353A US 803350 A US803350 A US 803350A US 80335059 A US80335059 A US 80335059A US 2996353 A US2996353 A US 2996353A
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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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  • This invention relates to a new chromium compound, and is more particularly concerned with an air-stable and soluble divalent chromium salt useful in metal deposition.
  • Certain metal plating operations require the use of aqueous solutions containing chromous ions. Replacement of the divalent chromium as it is used up is necessary in order to maintain the activity of a plating bath. For this and other purposes it is desirable to have a stable chromium salt which can be added directly to aqueous baths to form chromous ions in solution.
  • a novel chromium compound sodium fiuochromate (II), Na CrF is formed by reacting sodium fluoride with a soluble divalent chromium compound in aqueous solution.
  • Sodium fluochromate (II) crystallizes in the form of needles which mat together much like asbestos and are pale to strong clear blue depending on the particle size. It is not strongly ferromagnetic.
  • chromate (II) shows strong reducing properties due to the available chromous ion as, for example, in reduction of Ag Cu++, Ni and Sb+++ to metals.
  • Example '1 The procedure is carried out under nitrogen, and deoxygenated water is used, to avoid oxidizing Cr to Cr+++ or higher.
  • Chromous sulfamate is prepared by reacting 20.0 parts of pure chromium powder with 40.0 parts of sulfamic acid in 200 parts of water. The reaction temperature is slowly raised from room temperature to 90 C. After an induction period the chromium reacts until the sulfarnic acid is substantially used up according to the reaction:
  • the resulting solution which is a strong bright blue, is filtered to remove unreacted chromium metal.
  • An extra 200 parts of water is used for rinsing the unreacted chromium and combined with the initial filtrate.
  • the sodium fluo-rchromate (II) is readily crystallized in the form of blue needles about 0.4 mm. in length which mat together.
  • the new salt is useful for forming chromium (lI) complexes in baths used in corrosionprotective coating or electrolytic plating processes. Such use is illustrated by the following example:
  • a bright coating forms weighing 0.1 nig./cm.
  • the time to destruction of the coating in this highly accelerated corrosion test was 305 minutes.
  • the time to destruction for a similar Weight of nickel-boron coating, or nickel coating prepared by other methods is only about 15 minutes.
  • the process for preparing sodium fluochromate (II) which comprises heating an aqueous solution of sodium fluoride and chromous sulfamate to about C., cooling the solution to precipitate sodium fluoehromate (II), and separating the precipitated sodium fluochromate (II) from the reaction mixture.

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United States Patent F 2,996,353 SODIUM FLUOCI-IROMATE AND THE PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME Alden Johnson Deyrnp, West Goshen Township, Chester County, Pa., assignor to E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, Wilmington Del., a corporation of Delaware No Drawing. Filed Apr. 1, 1959, Ser. No. 803,350
3 Claims. (CI. 23-56) This invention relates to a new chromium compound, and is more particularly concerned with an air-stable and soluble divalent chromium salt useful in metal deposition.
Certain metal plating operations require the use of aqueous solutions containing chromous ions. Replacement of the divalent chromium as it is used up is necessary in order to maintain the activity of a plating bath. For this and other purposes it is desirable to have a stable chromium salt which can be added directly to aqueous baths to form chromous ions in solution.
It is an object of this invention to provide a new salt of divalent chromium. Another object is to provide such a salt which is stable in air and ionizes in aqueous solution to furnish chromous ions. A further object is to provide new plating baths and processes for plating metal using solutions of this divalent chromium salt. Other objects will become apparent from the specification and claims.
In accordance with this invention it has been found that a novel chromium compound, sodium fiuochromate (II), Na CrF is formed by reacting sodium fluoride with a soluble divalent chromium compound in aqueous solution. Sodium fluochromate (II) crystallizes in the form of needles which mat together much like asbestos and are pale to strong clear blue depending on the particle size. It is not strongly ferromagnetic.
An X-ray powder diflraction pattern of a sample 94-98% pure showed a characteristic pattern of lines with 4.86, 2.81, and 2.76 A. as the strongest lines. The complete pattern is described in the following table, where d is the spacing in Angstrom units and U1 is the relative intensity (S=strong; M=medium; F=faint; V=very faint).
d I/Io d I/Iu h I/Io 4.86 S V 1. V 4. V V l. M 3. M 1. M 2. M 1. M 2. M 1. M 2. M 1. M 2. M 1. M 2. F l. M 2. M 1. M
However, in hot deoxygenated water the compound does not dissolve, but solwly evolves hydrogen. It behaves in chemical reactions like a loose complex of Na Cr' and F". It reacts with strong acids to form solutions which exhibit the characteristic clear blue of 2,996,353 Patented Aug. 15, 19 61 ice these reactions, which are all quite rapid. Sodium fluo-.
chromate (II) shows strong reducing properties due to the available chromous ion as, for example, in reduction of Ag Cu++, Ni and Sb+++ to metals.
A convenient method for preparing sodium fluochromate (II) is illustrated by the following example, in which parts are by weight:
Example '1 The procedure is carried out under nitrogen, and deoxygenated water is used, to avoid oxidizing Cr to Cr+++ or higher. Chromous sulfamate is prepared by reacting 20.0 parts of pure chromium powder with 40.0 parts of sulfamic acid in 200 parts of water. The reaction temperature is slowly raised from room temperature to 90 C. After an induction period the chromium reacts until the sulfarnic acid is substantially used up according to the reaction:
The resulting solution, which is a strong bright blue, is filtered to remove unreacted chromium metal. An extra 200 parts of water is used for rinsing the unreacted chromium and combined with the initial filtrate.
The solution of chromous sulfamate is mixed with a suspension of 35.0 parts of sodium fluoride in 200 parts of water in a stirred flask. The stirred mixture is heated to about 80-l00 C. and then allowed to cool. Sodium fluochrom'ate (II) is formed according to the following reaction and precipitates:
Usually a dense precipitate forms first, followed by growth of a very bulky precipitate which again becomes more dense. The precipitate is filtered and washed, first with 50% methanol (in which NaSO NH and any excess NaF are appreciably soluble), and then with methanol. Air drying of the precipitate is satisfactory, but vaccum drying can be used. There is obtained 27.9 parts of Na OrF which corresponds to a yield of 77% on NaF, 78% on sulfamic acid and about on reacted chromium. Precipitation is incomplete at the stoichiometric ratio used in this example, but complete precipitation of Na CrF is apparently achieved in other cases by use of an excess of sodium fluoride.
Analysis Found Calculated for NarCrFr The sodium fluo-rchromate (II) is readily crystallized in the form of blue needles about 0.4 mm. in length which mat together. The new salt is useful for forming chromium (lI) complexes in baths used in corrosionprotective coating or electrolytic plating processes. Such use is illustrated by the following example:
Example 2 Molal Maleic acid 0.75 Ammonium hydr 5.5 Boric acid 1.5 Nickel chlor 0.037 Sodium hypophosphite 0.17 Sodium fluochromate (II) 0.052
A bright coating forms weighing 0.1 nig./cm. When tested for corrosion resistance in a humid atmosphere of sulfur dioxide at room temperature, the time to destruction of the coating in this highly accelerated corrosion test was 305 minutes. For comparison, the time to destruction for a similar Weight of nickel-boron coating, or nickel coating prepared by other methods, is only about 15 minutes.
The activity of the bath used in the above example is maintained by periodic addition of sodium fluochromate (II).
Since many different embodiments of the invention may be made without departing from the spirit and scope thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited by the specific illustrations except to the extent defined in the following claims.
Iclaim:
1. Sodium fluochromate (II).
2. The crystalline divalent chromium salt of sub stantially the formula, Na CrF characterized by high stability in air and appreciable solubility in Water.
3. The process for preparing sodium fluochromate (II) which comprises heating an aqueous solution of sodium fluoride and chromous sulfamate to about C., cooling the solution to precipitate sodium fluoehromate (II), and separating the precipitated sodium fluochromate (II) from the reaction mixture.
References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS Buzzard June 11, 1940 Halpert Apr. 21, 1959 OTHER REFERENCES

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  1. 2. THE CRYSTALLINE DIVALENT CHROMIUM SALT OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE FORMULA, NA2CRF4, CHARACTERIZED BY HIGH STABILITY IN AIR AND APPRECIABLE SOLUBILITY IN WATER.
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