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WHAT IS THE PHOSPHATING PROCESS





Q. I REALLY NEED A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF THE WHOLE PHOSPHATING PROCESS & ITS ADVANTAGES. ALSO ANYTHING AVAILABLE ABOUT NICKEL COATINGS. THANKS.

Jimy Zein
STUDY - CAIRO, Egypt
2004


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Usually available on eBay; sometimes on AbeBooks or Amazon

(affil links) mfg_online
free pdf is currently available from academia.edu

A. Although it's out of print, [on eBay or Amazon affil links] is a book I've read that I can recommend as what you're looking for.

Other books that sound right, but which I personally haven't read are Rausch's "Phosphating of Metals" [this on Amazon or AbeBooks affil links] and Freeman's "Phosphating & Metal Pretreatment" [this on Amazon or AbeBooks affil links].

Nickel plating is covered in every plating book on our "must-have" booklist. Or you can just download the Metal Finishing Guidebook ⇨
for a quick into to both subjects. Good luck in your studies.

Ted Mooney, finishing.com
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A. Dear Jimy Zein,
The books on phosphate conversion coatings are:

Werner Rausch, "Phosphating of Metals", Finishing Publications Ltd., London, 1990 [this on Amazon or AbeBooks affil links]
Guy Lorin, "Phosphating of Metals", Finishing Publications Ltd., London, 1974
D.B.Freeman, "Phosphating & Metal Pretreatment" [this on Amazon or AbeBooks affil links], Industrial Press Inc., New York, 1986

A review paper on phosphating is available in Corrosion Reviews (Israel), 12(3/4) (1994) 201-238.

T.S.N. Sankara Narayanan
T.S.N. Sankara Narayanan
- Chennai, Tamilnadu, India
(ed.note: The good doctor offers a fascinating blog, "Advancement in Science" )




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