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Electroless-plating project





I'm doing a project in university on electroless-plating and I need information on electroless-plating and where I could receive a sample?

Lucie Leckie
student - Edinburgh, Scotland
2004


A. It's a big field, Lucie. This site has hundreds of Q&As on it; a couple of books are suggested at finishing.com/books. For deeper research some pretty fat books of conference proceedings are available.

One of the most common applications is electrical contacts. Your cordless phones, cell phones, AC adaptors, audio connection plugs, etc. are most likely good samples of nickel or electroless nickel plating. Good luck.

Ted Mooney, finishing.com
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A. The following books will be of much help.

G.G. Gawrilov, in: Gawrilov's Chemical (Electroless) Nickel Plating ⇦[this on Amazon, ... on AbeBooks affil links], Portcullis Press, Surrey, 1979.

G.O. Mallory J.B. Hadju (Eds.), "Electroless Plating" [on eBay , Amazon, or AbeBooks affil links] , AESF, Orlando, FL, 1991.

W. Riedel, in: Electroless Nickel Plating ⇦[this on Amazon affil links], ASM International, Ohio, 1991.

Also many research articles are published in the area of electroless plating. The website www.sciencedirect.com is one of the sites where you can access the research articles published in this area.

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" )


A. I analyze several electroless baths a night...the most complex and interesting would be the electroless deposition copper baths...they consist of sodium hydroxide, formaldehyde, and EDTA salts....other electroless baths, like nickel and gold are also interesting . Electroless plating depends heavily on the balance of chemistry in the bath, as this is what makes the metal "stick" to what is being plated.


Jason A. Brown
- Athens, Pennsylvania, USA




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