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Replacement for cyanide bath for copper plating

can you suggest to me any alternative bath for copper cyanide to plate copper strike on mild steel? Is it eco friendly?

sankaran a raman
- coimbatore,tamilnadu, India

As far as I know, the better copper pyrophosphate baths are all proprietary. They are offered by several companies including EPI / Electrochemical Products Inc. [a finishing.com supporting advertiser]. You don't say why you are copper striking, so I don't know if this helps, but you can also nickel strike instead of copper striking.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
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finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey

Do Nickel strike followed by acid copper.

Payal Mag
- Charlotte, North Carolina

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