Coated metal strip
First Claim
1. A metal strip unwound from a roll of strip and coated in a continuous hot dip process forming a coating with a highly corrosive-resistant, two phase tin-zinc colored metallic coating, said coating comprising at least 65 weight percent zinc, at least 15 weight percent tin and at least 0.01 weight percent metallic stabilizer wherein said stabilizer is a metal selected from the group consisting of bismuth, antimony and mixtures thereof.
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Abstract
A corrosion-resistant colored architectural material which is essentially lead free and is not highly reflective. The coating on the material is a two-phase metallic coating comprised of a large weight percentage of zinc and a relatively large weight percentage of tin. The tin-zinc composition provides for both a highly corrosive-resistant coating which protects the surface of the architectural material from oxidation and also produces a gray, earth tone colored which is not highly reflective.
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- 1. A metal strip unwound from a roll of strip and coated in a continuous hot dip process forming a coating with a highly corrosive-resistant, two phase tin-zinc colored metallic coating, said coating comprising at least 65 weight percent zinc, at least 15 weight percent tin and at least 0.01 weight percent metallic stabilizer wherein said stabilizer is a metal selected from the group consisting of bismuth, antimony and mixtures thereof.
- 9. A coated metal strip including a base strip of steel or copper with parallel surfaces both of which are coated with a highly corrosive-resistant, homogeneous two-phase tin-zinc alloy with zinc being the primary constituent and tin forming one of said two-phases, said coating being applied by continuously passing the continuous metal strip through a bath of molten tin-zinc alloy at a speed to deposit onto said base strip an impervious two-phase layer of said tin-zinc alloy having a uniform thickness on both surfaces in the range of 0.001-0.05 inch, said two-phase tin-zinc alloy coating comprising discrete sections of zinc in a tin rich matrix, said two-phases being formed by proportioning the zinc and tin to provide a majority by weight zinc and over 15 percent by weight tin with 0.01-11.25 percent by weight of said coating alloy being one or more metals additive, which additive does not change the two-phase characteristic of said coating alloy deposited on the moving strip wherein said metal additives are selected from the group consisting of antimony, bismuth, copper, iron and mixtures thereof.
- 19. A coated metal strip including a base strip of steel or copper with parallel surfaces both of which are coated with a highly corrosive-resistant, homogeneous two-phase tin-zinc alloy with zinc being the majority constituent and tin forming at least 15 weight percent of said two-phases, said coating being applied by continuously passing the continuous metal strip through a bath of molten tin-zinc alloy at a speed to deposit onto said base strip an impervious two-phase layer of said tin-zinc alloy having a uniform thickness on both surfaces in the range of 0.001-0.05 inch, said two-phase tin-zinc alloy coating comprising a majority of zinc and formed by discrete sections of zinc in a tin rich matrix, and wherein said base strip is plated with a thin layer of metal prior to applying said two-phase metallic coating, wherein said two-phase coating alloy includes 0.01-2.0 weight percent metal additive selected from the group consisting of antimony, bismuth, copper, iron and mixtures thereof.
- 27. A coated metal strip including a base strip of stainless steel with parallel surfaces both of Which are coated with a highly corrosive-resistant, homogeneous two-phase tin-zinc alloy, said coating being applied by continuously passing the continuous metal strip through a bath of molten tin-zinc alloy at a speed to deposit onto said base strip an impervious two-phase layer of said tin-zinc alloy having a uniform thickness on both surfaces in the range of 0.001-0.05 inch, said two-phase tin-zinc alloy coating comprising a majority of zinc and at least 15 weight percent tin and formed of discrete sections of zinc in a tin matrix, wherein said two-phase coating alloy includes 0.01-2.0 weight percent metal additive selected from the group consisting of antimony, bismuth, cooper iron and mixtures thereof.
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31. A coated material strip including a base strip of stainless steel with parallel surfaces both of which are coated with a highly corrosive-resistant, homogeneous two-phase tin-zinc alloy, said coating being applied by continuously passing the continuous metal strip through a bath of molten tin-zinc alloy at a speed to deposit onto said base strip an impervious two-phase layer of said tin-zinc alloy having a uniform thickness on both surfaces in the range of 0.001-0.05 inch, said two-phase tin-zinc alloy coating comprising a majority of zinc and at least 15 weight percent tin and formed of discrete sections of zinc in a tin matrix, wherein said alloy includes 0.01-2.0 weight percent cooper.
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