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US 12,521,757 · App. 18/763,710 · Granted Jan 13, 2026

Bilayer composition for surface treatment of steel plate and surface-treated steel plate using same

Inventors: Chang-Hoon Choi (Pohang-si, KR); Won-Ho Son (Pohang-si, KR); Hee-Jea Eun (Pohang-si, KR)
Assignee: POSCO CO., LTD
B05D7/14B05D7/52C09D5/086C09D7/61C09D7/63C09D133/08C09D171/00B05D2202/15
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Patent No.
US 12,521,757
App. No.
18/763,710
Granted
Jan 13, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a bilayer composition for surface treatment of a steel plate and a surface-treated steel plate using same. The bilayer composition for surface treatment of a steel plate, comprising an undercoat coating composition including 1 to 12 wt % of a phenoxy resin, 0.001 to 1.0 wt % of colloidal silica, 0.001 to 1.0 wt % of a silane coupling agent, 0.1 to 1.0 wt % of a corrosion inhibitor, 0.001 to 1.0 wt % of a phosphoric acid compound as a long-term corrosion resistance improving agent, and a balance of water; and a topcoat coating composition including 0.1 to 5.0 wt % of an acrylic acid resin, 30 to 50 wt % of colloidal silica, 40 to 60 wt % of alkoxy silane, 5 to 15 wt % of an acrylate-based monomer, 0.01 to 1.00 wt % of an acidity control agent, and a balance of an organic solvent.

Claims (24)

1 . A bilayer composition for surface treatment of a steel plate, comprising:

an undercoat coating composition comprising 1 to 12 wt % of a phenoxy resin, 0.001 to 1.0 wt % of colloidal silica, 0.001 to 1.0 wt % of a silane coupling agent, 0.1 to 1.0 wt % of a corrosion inhibitor, 0.001 to 1.0 wt % of a phosphoric acid compound as a long-term corrosion resistance improving agent, and a balance of water, based on a total weight of the undercoat coating composition; and

a topcoat coating composition applied to the undercoat coating composition to be dried, and comprising 0.1 to 5.0 wt % of an acrylic acid resin, 30 to 50 wt % of colloidal silica, 40 to 60 wt % of alkoxy silane, 5 to 15 wt % of an acrylate-based monomer, 0.01 to 1.00 wt % of an acidity control agent, and a balance of an organic solvent, based on a total weight of the topcoat coating composition.

2 . The bilayer composition of claim 1 , wherein the topcoat coating composition further comprises 0.01 to 12.00 wt % of a long-term corrosion resistance increasing agent.

3 . The bilayer composition of claim 2 , wherein the long-term corrosion resistance increasing agent of the topcoat coating composition is at least one selected from the group consisting of cerium (III) nitrate, hydronium cerium nitrate hydrate, cerium nitrate hexahydrate, cerium (IV) nitrate, dipotassium diaquapentanitratocerate, dipotassium hexanitratocerate, tripotasium diseriumnitrate, diammonium diaquapentanitratocerate dihydrate, dirubidium diaquapentanitratocerate dihydrate, dicesium diaquapentanitratocerate dihydrate, dithallium diaquapentanitratocerate dihydrate, bis {4-[(4H-1,2,4-triazol-4-yl)iminomethyl]pyridinium} diaquapentanitratocerate (III), 1,10-phenanthroline-H-diaquapentanitratocerate, hydronium cerium nitrate hydrate, ceric magnesium nitrate, ceric zinc nitrate, ceric nickel nitrate, ceric cobalt nitrate, and ceric manganese nitrate.

4 . The bilayer composition of claim 1 , wherein the phenoxy resin of the undercoat coating composition is at least one resin selected from the group consisting of a bisphenol A type phenoxy resin, a bisphenol F type phenoxy resin, a bisphenol AF type phenoxy resin, a bisphenol S type phenoxy resin, a bromide bisphenol A type phenoxy resin, a bromide bisphenol F type phenoxy resin, and a phosphorus-containing phenoxy resin.

5 . The bilayer composition of claim 1 , wherein the silane coupling agent of the undercoat coating composition is at least one selected from the group consisting of vinylchlorosilane, vinyltrimethoxysilane, vinyltriethoxysilane, 2-(3,4-epoxycyclohexyl)ethyltrimethoxysilane, 3-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane, 3-glycidoxypropylmethyldiethoxysilane, 3-glycidoxypropyldiethoxysilane, 3-glycidoxypropyltriethoxysilane, p-styryltrimethoxysilane, 3-methacryloxypropyltriethoxysilane, 3-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane, 3-methacryloxypropylmethyldimethoxysilane, 3-methacryloxypropylmethyldiethoxysilane, 3-acryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane, N-2-(aminoethyl)-3-aminopropylmethyldimethoxysilane, N-2-(aminoethyl)-3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, N-2-(aminoethyl)-3-aminopropylmethyltriethoxysilane, 3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, 3-triethoxysilyl-N-(1,3-dimethylbutylidene) propylamine, N-phenyl-3-aminopropyltrimethoxysilane, 3-chloropropyltrimethoxysilane, 3-mercaptopropylmethyldimethoxysilane, 3-mercaptopropyltrimethoxysilane, bis(triethoxysilylpropyl) tetrasulfide, and 3-isocyanatopropyltriethoxysilane.

6 . The bilayer composition of claim 1 , wherein the corrosion inhibitor of the undercoat coating composition is at least one selected from the group consisting of hexafluorozirconic acid, hexafluorotitanic acid, ammonium hexafluorozirconate, and ammonium hexafluorotitanate.

7 . The bilayer composition of claim 1 , wherein the phosphoric acid compound of the undercoat coating composition is at least one selected from the group consisting of polyphosphoric acid, phosphoric acid, zinc phosphate, manganese phosphate, phosphoric acid derivatives, and phosphorous acid.

8 . The bilayer composition of claim 1 , wherein the long-term corrosion resistance improving agent of the undercoat coating composition is a phosphoric acid mixture obtained by mixing phosphoric acid and manganese phosphate in a weight ratio of 1:2 to 2:1.

9 . The bilayer composition of claim 1 , wherein the colloidal silica in both the undercoat coating and the topcoat coating is an aqueous colloidal silica having a solid content of 20 to 30 wt %.

10 . The bilayer composition of claim 1 , wherein the acrylic acid resin of the topcoat coating composition is at least one selected from the group consisting of poly(meth)acrylic acid, a copolymer of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, and a copolymer of ethylene and acrylic monomers.

11 . The bilayer composition of claim 1 , wherein the alkoxy silane of the topcoat coating composition is at least one selected from the group consisting of vinyltrimethoxysilane, vinyltriethoxysilane, vinyltriisopropoxysilane, 3-methacryloxypropyltrimethoxysilane, 2-glycidyloxypropyltrimethoxysilane, 2-glycidyloxypropyltriethoxysilane, 2-aminopropyltriethoxysilane, 2-ureidoalkyltriethoxysilane, tetraethoxysilane, triethoxyphenylsilane, and trimethoxyphenylsilane.

12 . The bilayer composition of claim 1 , wherein the acrylate-based monomer of the topcoat coating composition is at least one selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid (glacial), methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, isobutyl acrylate, tert-butyl acrylate, tert-butyl methacrylate, butanediol monoacrylate, lauryl acrylate, dimethylaminoethyl acrylate, and dihydrodicyclopentadienyl acrylate.

13 . The bilayer composition of claim 1 , wherein the acidity control agent of the topcoat coating composition is an organic acid, an inorganic acid, or a combination thereof.

14 . The bilayer composition of claim 1 , wherein the organic solvent of the topcoat coating composition is alcohol.

15 . The bilayer composition of claim 1 , wherein the undercoat coating composition and the topcoat coating composition are stored in separate containers before being applied to an object to be coated.

16 . A method for surface treatment of a steel plate for improving corrosion resistance, using the bilayer composition of claim 1 , comprising:

applying the undercoat coating composition to the steel plate to form an undercoat layer;

drying the undercoat layer at a temperature of 40 to 80° C.;

applying the topcoat coating composition to the undercoat coating to form a topcoat layer; and

drying the topcoat layer at a temperature of 200 to 300° C.

17 . A surface-treated steel plate, prepared using the bilayer composition of claim 1 , comprising:

a surface treatment layer on which an undercoat layer formed of the undercoat coating composition and a topcoat layer disposed on the undercoat layer and formed of the topcoat coating composition are stacked, on at least one surface of the surface treatment layer.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0165449 · Dec 19, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17416210
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