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Using palladium chloride in plating ABS plastic

Q. We have used AgNO3 as activator in plating ABS plastic. Now we want to use PdCl2 instead of AgNO3. But I don't know how to use it, Could you help me ?

Thanks and Best regards,

DAU QUANG BICH
- Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

A. Dear Mr Dau,

Using silver nitrate is not a good idea because it is explosive, decomposed by light, etc. You can use silver borate, tartrate, malate.

The composition of [Pd] activator is as follow:

PdCl2 .007 : 5 gm/L
SnCl2 40 :400 gm/L
Sn2Cl4 3 gm/L
HCl 400 mL/L
pH<1

Good luck,

Raafat Albendary
- Cairo, Egypt

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Q. I need a clue about how to make Pd Activator when Pd Chloride is available? I shall be grateful.

Thanks
Rizwan

Rizwan Ahmed
- Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
September 26, 2012

Ed. note: Hi Rizwan. We appended your question to a thread which already offered the answer. But if this does not answer your question, please let us know.

Thanks a lot, sir

Rizwan Ahmed
- Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
December 4, 2012

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