Abstract: A composition and process for treating ferrous substrates including black plate container bodies to inhibit in-process corrosion or rusting of the surfaces thereof by contacting the ferrous substrate with aqueous acidic composition containing controlled effective amounts of aluminum, fluoride, optionally a second metal selected from the group consisting of zirconium, titanium, hafnium and mixtures thereof and hydrogen ions to provide a pH on the acid side.

Abstract: A process for treating spent fluoride-containing pickling paste on metal surfaces by applying to the spent pickling paste on the metal surface an aqueous treating paste composition comprising calcium carbonate having a particle size not in excess of about 5 microns and an alkali metal bicarbonate, which composition has a pH which is not in excess of about 9.5.

Abstract: A stable, water soluble epoxy resin suitable for use as a coating material is made by grafting a thio-acid onto an unsaturated functional site on an epoxy resin backbone.

Abstract: A treatment solution for contacting a metal surface comprises:from about 0.001% to about 1.0% of a metal ion selected from the group consisting of titanium, zirconium and hafnium and mixtures thereof; andan effective amount of a soluble or dispersible treatment compound selected from the group consisting of a polymer having the following general formula, acid salts thereof, and mixtures thereof: ##STR1## where: R.sub.1 through R.sub.3 are hydrogen or an alkyl group having from 1 to about 5 carbon atoms;each Y is hydrogen, Z, CR.sub.4 R.sub.5 OR.sub.6, CH.sub.2 Cl, or an alkyl or aryl group having from 1 to 18 carbon atoms;Z is ##STR2## R.sub.4 through R.sub.10 are hydrogen, or an alkyl, aryl, hydroxy-alkyl, amino-alkyl, mercapto-alkyl or phospho-alkyl moiety, said R.sub.4 through R.sub.10 being of carbon chain lengths up to a length at which the compound is not soluble or dispersible; andn is from 2 up to a number at which the polymer is not soluble or dispersible.

Abstract: An aqueous solution comprising an effective amount of a water soluble or water dispersible compound selected from the group consisting of a polymer having the following general formula, acid salts thereof and mixtures thereof: ##STR1## where: n=from 2 up to a number at which the polymer is not water soluble or water dispersible;X=H or Z; ##STR2## Y=H, Z, Cr.sub.5 R.sub.6 OR.sub.7, or CH.sub.2 Cl; R.sub.1 through R.sub.7 =H, or an alkyl, aryl, hydroxy-alkyl, amino-alkyl, mercaptoalkyl or phospho-alkyl moiety, said R.sub.1 through R.sub.7 being of carbon chain lengths up to a length at which the compound is not water soluble or dispersible;wherein at least one of X or Y=Z and the Z moieties are present in sufficient amount that the compound is water soluble or water dispersible.This solution is useful in the treatment of metal surfaces to impart corrosion resistance and paint adhesion characteristics thereto.