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Cadmium contamination of nickel plating
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I use military cadmium plated connectors in my design. I have been told that cadmium plating will contaminate nickel plated connectors as well as contribute to structural fatigue. Can anyone confirm the validity of these assumptions,or shed any light on the nature of the contamination and structural fatigue process?
Ronald J [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]military avionics producer - West Milford, New Jersey, USA
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Cad plate is not a contamination in any way to nickel plate. As far as your fatigue question, there are stresses induced from plating. They may be insignificant. Someone may be able to tell you definitively, but I suspect that they will want more details about the processing and the connectors.
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This is just a reminder to readers, not the writer, to please look carefully at your designs to make sure that cadmium plating is indispensable before specifying it. It is a biocumulative poison and other materials such as zinc alloys or electroless nickel should be used instead if possible.
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 Ted Mooney, P.E. finishing.com Brick, New Jersey |
December 31, 2010 -- this entry appended to this thread by editor in lieu of spawning a duplicative thread
Does slight impurities of cadmium in nickel plates affect the plating done?
Hardik Khandelwalplating shop employee - Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, INDIA