“…Phosphating is one of the most used surface treatments for metals (Banczek et al, 2006;Jegannathan et al, 2006aJegannathan et al, , 2006bWang et al, 2006;Rout et al, 2006;Jegannathan et al, 2006aJegannathan et al, , 2006bRebeyrat et al, 2002;Olesen et al, 1998;Niu et al, 2006;Whitten et al, 2000;Bustamente et al, 2003). It is known as a conversion coating that leads to the formation of insoluble phosphate salts and is used in many industries for corrosion protection, surface preparation or for decoration (Lorin, 1974).…”