IP Library Granted Patent US 7,393,395
Granted Patent B2
US 7,393,395 · App. 10/587,003 · Granted Jul 1, 2008

Surface-treating agent for metal

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Patent No.
US 7,393,395
App. No.
10/587,003
Granted
Jul 1, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a surface-treating agent which improves heat resistance, adhesiveness to resin and solder wettability. The surface-treating agent for metal contains a tetrazole derivative represented by the following formula and/or a salt thereof, wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an alkyl group or an aryl group, etc., which each have a carbon number of not more than 10, and a group having a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, an amino group or a mercapto group added thereto, or represent an amino group, a mercapto group, a hydroxyl group or a carboxyl group; and R 3 represents a bond or an alkylene group, etc., which each have a carbon number of not more than 10, and a group having a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, a mercapto group, an azo group (—N═N—), a sulfide group (—S—), or a disulfide group (—S—S—) added thereto, or represents an azo group, a sulfide group, or disulfide group, and may contain a metal or metal compound.

Claims (12)

1. A surface-treating solution for a metal substrate, comprising a tetrazole derivative represented by formula 1 and/or a salt thereof in a concentration of between 0.05 g/l and 100 g/l

wherein R 1 and R 2 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a halogen atom, or an alkyl group, alkenyl group, alkinyl group, aryl group, aralkyl group or benzyl group, which each have a carbon number of not more than 10, and a group having added thereto a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, an amino group or a mercapto group, or represent an amino group, a mercapto group, a hydroxyl group or a carboxyl group; and R 3 represents a bond or an alkylene group, alkenylene group, alkinylene group, arylene group or aralkylene group, which each have a carbon number of not more than 10, and a group having added thereto a halogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a carboxyl group, an amino group, a mercapto group, an azo group, a sulfide group, or a disulfide group, or represents an azo group (—N═N—), a sulfide group (—S—), or a disulfide group (—S—S—), and a solvent.

2. A surface-treating solution for a metal substrate according to claim 1 , further containing a metal or a metal compound.

3. A surface-treating solution for a metal substrate according to claim 1 , wherein R 1 and R 2 are hydrogen atoms; and R 3 represents a bond, an azo group, a sulfide group, or a disulfide group.

4. A surface-treating solution for a metal substrate according to claim 1 , wherein R 1 or R 2 is not a hydrogen atom.

5. A surface-treating solution for a metal substrate according to claim 1 , wherein said tetrazole derivative is selected from the group consisting of 5,5′-bi-1H-tetrazole, 5,5′-bi-1-methyltetrazole, 5,5′-bi-1-phenyltetrazole, 5,5′-bi-1-mercaptotetrazole, 5,5′-bi-1-chlorotetrazole, 5,5′-ethylenebis-1-methyltetrazole, 5,5′-ethylenebis-1-phenyltetrazole, 5,5′-ethylenebis-1-mercaptotetrazole, 5,5′-ethylenebis-1-chlorotetrazole, 5,5′-azobis-1H-tetrazole, 5,5′-azobis-1-methyltetrazole, 5,5′-azobis-1-phenyltetrazole, 5,5′-azobis-1-mercaptotetrazole, 5,5′-azobis-1-chlorotetrazole, 5,5′-disulfidebis-1H-tetrazole, 5,5′-disulfidebis-1-methyltetrazole, 5,5′-disulfidebis-1-phenyltetrazole, 5,5′-disulfidebis-1-mercaptotetrazole, and 5,5′-disulfidebis-1-chlorotetrazole.

6. A surface-treating solution for a metal substrate according to claim 3 , further containing a metal or a metal compound.

7. A surface-treating solution for a metal substrate according to claim 4 , further containing a metal or a metal compound.

8. A surface-treating solution for a metal substrate according to claim 5 , further containing a metal or a metal compound.

9. A surface-treating solution for a metal substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the solvent is water.

10. A surface-treating solution for a metal substrate according to claim 2 , wherein the metal and metal compounds are selected from the group consisting of zinc, manganese, chromium, tin, iron, nickel, cobalt, copper, gold, silver, platinum, palladium, rhodium, ruthenium, and compounds thereof.

11. A method of treating the surface of a metal substrate comprising the step of contacting the metal substrate's surface with the surface-treating solution of claim 1 .

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 11, 2021
From: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057160/0114 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 7, 2017
From: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041649/0733 →
CHANGE OF NAME/MERGER Recorded Jun 9, 2011
From: NIPPON MINING & METALS CO., LTD.
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026417/0023 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 8, 2007
From: AIBA, AKIHIRO; MIMURA, TOMOHARU
To: NIPPON MINING & METALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019664/0825 →