The invention relates to an energy-saving and environment-friendly novel process for stainless steel
passivation. An adopted passivator contains the ingredients in percentage by
mass: 20-50% of polybasic weak acid, 10-30% of
catalysis promoter, 0-5% of thickener and the balance of water. The process comprises the specific process flows: (1)
coating through brushing or mopping,
drying through wiping,
ageing, naturally
drying or baking, and inspecting; or (2)
coating through dipping or spraying,
drying through dripping,
ageing, cleaning or drying through wiping, naturally drying or baking, and inspecting. According to the process, toxic and harmful ingredients, such as chromate,
hydrofluoric acid,
sulfuric acid and
nitric acid, are abolished fundamentally, and a polybasic weak acid and
catalysis promoter technology is adopted, so that the process is completely non-toxic and harmless, is free from environmental
pollution, is moderate in
odor and is beneficial to health; the requirements on high
corrosion resistance and
high integrity can be met by the passivating depth of only 20 microns, so that the mechanical and physical properties of stainless steel are better protected from being affected by passivating
corrosion. According to the process, washing is required or not, and then, water is saved by over 80%, so that the process is worthy of being popularized and applied to the stainless steel
passivation in the fields of food,
medical treatment,
aviation,
aerospace,
nuclear power and the like.