| abstract |
The corrosion resistance of an article having a surface with a primary inorganic coating, such as a conversion coating, over a metal substrate can be improved by treatment of the primary coating with an aqueous liquid sealing composition comprising lithium cations and vanadate anions. This treatment is particularly advantageous for primary coatings formed on aluminum alloys by treating them with a conversion coating forming aqueous composition made by reacting cobalt(II) cations, acetate ions, hydroxyalkyl amines, and peroxides in aqueous solution. |