Patent ID: 6280795
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: C22C,C23C

Abstract:
An alloy for galvanizing steel consisting essentially of, by weight, aluminum in the amount of 0.001% to 0.007%, tin in the amount of 0.5% to 2%, and one of an element selected from the group consisting of vanadium in the amount of 0.02% to 0.12%, titanium in the amount of 0.03% to 0.10%, and both vanadium and titanium together in the amount of at least 0.02% vanadium and at least 0.01% titanium for a total of 0.03% to 0.15% vanadium and titanium collectively, and optionally bismuth in the amount of 0.05% to 0.5%, the balance zinc of commercial purity containing up to 1.3 wt. % lead.