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Prepping beryllium nickel for plating

How do you plate beryllium nickel, what would be a good activator and how would you prep this metal

Ryan Smith
Plater - Coon Rapids, MN, USA
2007
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Stay out of cyanide. Strike first in an acid solution, either copper sulphate ⇦ on eBay or Amazon [affil links] or nickel. Be is insoluble in CN. Once you cover it with copper from an acid solution, then you can do anything.

Robert H Probert
Robert H Probert Technical Services

Garner, North Carolina

2007
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Q. Is it possible to plate over BeNi? What would the process be like? This is the first time I have ever seen a part come in as BeNi. I know BeNi consists of 97.3% Ni , 2.0% Be, 0.6% Ti, and 0.1% Al.

Thank You

Darius Shafiee
Chemical Analyst - Wilsonville, Oregon
February 1, 2012
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