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Electroless of copper

I want to do electroless cu\ni on glass with a different reducing agent (non formaline).

Maher Shaker Afifi
g.l.s - Cairo

There are e'less Ni baths reduced without formaldehyde, using NaBH4 or DMAB.

James Totter, CEF
- Tallahassee, Florida

Dear maher.

I think it is hard to get industrial borane compounds in egypt so I give you my advise to used electroless copper with hypo-phosphite as a reducing agent.

Good luck.

RAAFAT ALBENDARY
plastics electroplating - cairo -egypt

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