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Cadmium Fluoborate, in dip system, to plate chromate onto steel

Hello everyone, kindly I would like to know if I can use Cadmium Fluoborate, in dip system, to plate chromate onto steel.

If so, what would be the tank requirements in terms of solution composition, etc. Any technical and /or documentary references would be greatly appreciated as well.

Brgrds,

Mansour Zadeh
- Tehran, Iran
2002

Your question is a bit confused, Mr. Zadeh. I don't know if you are confused or if there is just an error and you meant to say 'cadmium' where you wrote 'chromate'.

Cadmium is usually plating out of a cadmium cyanide bath and that's often the best approach because it is a relatively simple and robust process. Plating out of a fluoborate bath can be done but it is more challenging and I think you need the support of a proprietary vendor.

Ted Mooney, P.E.
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2002

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