Chromium Target U.S. Patent 5,718,778. Feb. 17, 1998 H. Murafa and S. Taniguchi, assignors to Hitachi Metals Ltd., Tokyo

A chromium target for use in the forma- tion of chromium films by means of sput- tering, the chromium target having a re- crystallized structure.

Strip Plating Apparatus U.S. Patent 5,718,814. Feb. 17, 1998 W. Schimion, assignor to SMS Schloemann-Siemag AG, Diisseldoti, Germany

A plant for coating steel strip, compris- ing a plurality of vertical coating cells mounted successively next to one another in a longitudinal direction, the coating cells having walls, wherein the wails are anode plates and the adjacent anode plates of successive coating cells located opposite each other to define a separating chamber therebetween.

Sputtering Apparatus U.S. Patent 5,718,8i5. Feb. 17, 1998 J. Szczyrbowski et al., assignors to Balzers Und Leyboti Deufsch/and Ho/ding AG, Hanau am Main, Germany

An apparatus for coating a substrate comprising a vacuum chamber with a cen- tral compartment and two outer compart- ments with a magnetron cathode located in e;lch of the outer compartments each car- rying a target.

High Current Density Electrogalvanizing Process U.S. Pafent 5,718,818. Feb. 17, 1998 NM. Martyak and J.E. McCaskie, assignors to Atobch USA Inc., N.Y.

A process for reducing dendrite forma- tion and edge bum, and controlling rough- ness, grain size, and orientation of a zinc coating obtained from a zinc sulfate aque- ous acidic electrogalvanic coating bath op- erated at a current density of 100 to 3,500 A/f?, which comprises adding to the bath a composition of matter consisting essen- tially of a glycol compound comprising a polyoxyalkylene glycol homopolymer or copolymer grain refining agent having a molecular weight of from 2,000 to 9,500 and a sulfonated condensation product of naphthalene and formaldehyde as an anti- dcndritic agent.

Epoxy Coating Composition U.S. Patent 5,719,210. Feb. 17, 1998 KS. Arora and S. Shah, assignors to Uenkel Corp., Plymouth Meeting, Pa.

A composition comprised of a self-dis- persing epoxy resin produced by the pro- cess comprising reacting a polyepoxide with a polyoxyalkylene polyol.

Powder Coating Composition U.S. Patent 5,719,212. Feb. 17, 1998 Y. Nakae et al, assignors to Nippon Paint Co. Ltd., Osaka, Japan

A powder coating composition com- prising an epoxy group-containing acrylic resin prepared by polymerizing a monomer mixture of 35 to 6.5% by weight of an epoxy group-containing ethyleni- tally unsaturated monomer, and remain- der amount of an ethylenically unsatur- ated monomer, which is different from the epoxy group-containing ethylenically unsaturated monomer; a polycarboxylic acid; and from 0. I to 10 parts by weight based on 100 parts of the total weight of epoxy group-containing acrylic resin and polycarboxylic acid of an antioxidant.

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