Disclosed herein is a method for pretreatment of a metallic substrate for a subsequent metal cold forming process, said method including (1) providing at least one substrate, (2) contacting the at least one surface of the substrate provided in step (1) with an aqueous lubricant composition (A). and optionally (3) drying the coating film obtained after having performed step (2). Further disclosed herein are a pretreated metallic substrate obtainable by the aforementioned method, a method of cold forming of a metallic substrate including a step of subjecting the inventive pretreated metallic substrate to a cold forming process, an aqueous lubricant composition (A) as defined above, and a master batch for preparing the aqueous composition (A).

Disclosed herein is a method for pretreatment of a metallic substrate for a subsequent metal cold forming process, said method including (1) providing at least one substrate, (2) contacting the at least one surface of the substrate provided in step (1) with an aqueous lubricant composition (A). and optionally (3) drying the coating film obtained after having performed step (2). Further disclosed herein are a pretreated metallic substrate obtainable by the aforementioned method, a method of cold forming of a metallic substrate including a step of subjecting the inventive pretreated metallic substrate to a cold forming process, an aqueous lubricant composition (A) as defined above, and a master batch for preparing the aqueous composition (A).

A surface treatment agent capable of forming a hexavalent chromium-free chemical conversion coating that can provide an excellent corrosion-resistant coating on various metallic materials; a metallic material having a surface treatment coating obtained therefrom; and a method of producing the same. A free fluorine ion-containing surface treatment agent for surface-treating a metallic material, which is obtained by mixing at least one supply source (A) of trivalent chromium-containing ions A; a supply source (B) of ions B that are at least one selected from titanium-containing ions and zirconium-containing ions; a water-soluble or water-dispersible compound (C) containing an alkoxysilyl group, an aromatic ring, a hydroxy group directly bonded to the aromatic ring, and at least one of primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary amino groups, wherein the alkoxysilyl group is bonded to the nitrogen atom of the amino group directly or via an alkylene group; and a fluorine-containing compound (D) providing fluorine-containing ions.

A surface treatment agent capable of forming a hexavalent chromium-free chemical conversion coating that can provide an excellent corrosion-resistant coating on various metallic materials; a metallic material having a surface treatment coating obtained therefrom; and a method of producing the same. A free fluorine ion-containing surface treatment agent for surface-treating a metallic material, which is obtained by mixing at least one supply source (A) of trivalent chromium-containing ions A; a supply source (B) of ions B that are at least one selected from titanium-containing ions and zirconium-containing ions; a water-soluble or water-dispersible compound (C) containing an alkoxysilyl group, an aromatic ring, a hydroxy group directly bonded to the aromatic ring, and at least one of primary, secondary, tertiary and quaternary amino groups, wherein the alkoxysilyl group is bonded to the nitrogen atom of the amino group directly or via an alkylene group; and a fluorine-containing compound (D) providing fluorine-containing ions.

A Sn-plated steel sheet including a base plated steel sheet having a steel sheet, a Sn-plated layer on at least one surface of the steel sheet, and a film layer containing a zirconium oxide and a tin oxide. An adhesion amount of Sn per surface of the Sn-plated steel sheet is 0.1 g/m.sup.2 or more and 15 g/m.sup.2 or less, an amount of the zirconium oxide in the film layer is in a range of 1 mg/m.sup.2 or more and 30 mg/m.sup.2 or less in terms of an amount of metal Zr, a peak position of a binding energy of Sn3d.sub.5/2 of the tin oxide is 1.4 eV or more and less than 1.6 eV from a peak position of a binding energy of metal Sn, and a quantity of electricity required for reduction of the tin oxide is more than 5.0 mC/cm.sup.2 and 20 mC/cm.sup.2 or less.

In certain aspects, a coated steel substrate comprises a single or multiple-layer electroplated aluminum coating over a steel substrate. The multiple-layer electroplated aluminum coating comprises one or more porous layers and one or more compact layers. The one or more porous layers comprise a material selected from a group consisting of aluminum and aluminum alloys. The one or more compact layers comprise a material selected from a group consisting of aluminum and aluminum alloys. In certain aspects, a method of depositing a multiple-layer aluminum coating over a steel substrate includes electroplating one or more porous aluminum layers over the steel substrate. The one or more porous aluminum layers comprise a material selected from a group consisting of aluminum and aluminum alloys. One or more compact aluminum layers are electroplated over the steel substrate. The one or more compact aluminum layers comprise a material selected from a group consisting of aluminum and aluminum alloys.

The present invention relates to a method for forming a black-passivation layer on a zinc-iron alloy of a substrate, a black-passivation composition for depositing a black-passivation layer on such, in which the black-passivation composition includes one or more than one blackening agent selected from the group consisting of formula (I) and formula (II) as described hereinafter, and a respective use of said blackening agents for blackening a zinc-iron alloy.

The present invention relates to a method for forming a black-passivation layer on a zinc-iron alloy of a substrate, a black-passivation composition for depositing a black-passivation layer on such, in which the black-passivation composition includes one or more than one blackening agent selected from the group consisting of formula (I) and formula (II) as described hereinafter, and a respective use of said blackening agents for blackening a zinc-iron alloy.

Disclosed is a system for treating a metal substrate comprising a conversion composition comprising trivalent chromium in an amount of 0.001 g/L to 20 g/L and a sealing composition comprising an ammonium-containing compound. Also disclosed is a method for treating a metal substrate that includes contacting at least a portion of a surface of the substrate with the conversion composition and then contacting at least a portion of the surface of the substrate with the sealing composition. Also disclosed is a substrate obtainable by treatment with the system and/or obtainable by the method of treatment.

Disclosed is a system for treating a metal substrate comprising a conversion composition comprising trivalent chromium in an amount of 0.001 g/L to 20 g/L and a sealing composition comprising an ammonium-containing compound. Also disclosed is a method for treating a metal substrate that includes contacting at least a portion of a surface of the substrate with the conversion composition and then contacting at least a portion of the surface of the substrate with the sealing composition. Also disclosed is a substrate obtainable by treatment with the system and/or obtainable by the method of treatment.