Letter 40094

Gold plating peel off  

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We do electrolytic gold over copper (no intermediate layer like Ni) up to 3 microns.in our case it is not completely peeling off when we are cutting the parts from the panel it is occuring from the cutting edges to some extent.

JHONSON.BODDU
microwave products - HYDERABAD, AP, INDIA

Sounds like you have poor adhesion rather than no adhesion Jhonson.. Don't talk yourself into it being acceptable though :-)

It's very difficult to say what's wrong even if you gave us complete details, and so far you've given us none. Perhaps the first step is to develop a clear, quantifiable adhesion test for this particular component so that you can measure whether you are making progress.

Ted Mooney, P.E.  finishing.com Brick, New Jersey