“…Besides the chemical accelerator other additives are used to afford other [7,[32][33][34][35], manganese ions [19,21,23,30,[35][36][37], tartaric acid [8,15], fluoride ions [8,[14][15][16]27,29], nickel ions [1,16,19,28,30,32,38], copper ions [39] molybdenum ions [15,37] and, more recently, niobium [39]. The present work aims to evaluate the viability of nickel substitution by niobium in zinc phosphate baths, as an environmental friendly alternative to the commercial phosphating processes usually adopted.…”