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Immersion Plating Tin onto Steel

Q. Is it possible to get an immersion coating of tin on to steel from an alkaline stannate solution, containing cyanide?

Uwe Berger
1998

A. Durney's Electroplating Engineering Handbook ⇦ this on eBay, AbeBooks, or Amazon [affil link] gives such a formula on p. 422.

Tom Pullizzi
Falls Township, Pennsylvania
1997

A. Hi. The tin is added in stannous form (SnCl₂):

-- but not being a chemist I think I'll agree with Tom that it's an alkaline stannate bath nonetheless.

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