Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for treating surfaces, comprising a copolymer as component A, synthesized from (meth)acrylic acid or salts thereof, a carboxylate-containing monomer and/or monomers containing groups containing phosphoric and/or phosphonic acid or salts thereof, and further comonomers if desired, to a passivating layer on a metal surface, which comprises component A, to a process for forming said passivating layer, and to the use of the composition of the invention to passivate a metal surface.
Type:
Application
Filed:
April 3, 2007
Publication date:
August 2, 2007
Applicant:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft co-pendency.
Inventors:
Frank Dietsche, Helmut Witteler, Matthias Kluglein, Frank Klippel