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Seeking Electroless-Nickel Plating Kits




 

I, like many others in my field of research, am seeking a supplier of small-scale "electroless" nickel plating "kits" (including pre-treatment/s).

The kits are for the occasional (once a month) plating of oxidized metallographic research samples. My samples are approximately 1cm^3 in size and require a hard, conducting coating (say, 50 microns thick) that will coat into the micro-fissures of the outer oxide surface.

The proprietary plating kit I use at present is unsuitable because the palladium chloride pre-treatment solution supplied has a limited shelf-life (less than a few months) -is this because it is supplied and stored in a plastic bottle with which the palladium chloride reacts? Other suppliers of "electroless" nickel plating materials that I am aware of only supply in bulk, which is unsuitable for us.

Alternatively, I would be keen to hear from suppliers of suitable pre-treatment chemicals/solutions which have significantly longer shelf-lives than the one I currently use.

I look forward to hearing from anyone who can assist in my enquiry. Thank you in advance.

Jason Wilber
- England

Ed. note: Sorry, this RFQ is old & outdated, so contact info is no longer available. However, if you feel that something technical should be said in reply, please post it; no public commercial suggestions please ( huh? why?)





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