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Environmental Management class wants list of chemicals for nickel and chrome plating

I am a student in an Environmental Management class and I am in need of the chemicals used in the chrome and nickel plating process...can anyone provide me with a basic list for a project I am working on? We are working on an EMS for a "plating" company. Thank everyone for their assistance in advance.

Thomas Raymann
student - Waynesville, Missouri
2007

2007

Water
Sodium Hydroxide
sodium metasilicate [affil links]
Anionic and nonionic surfactants
Hydrochloric Acid
Sulfuric Acid
Nickel Chloride
Nickel sulphate
Boric Acid
Various proprietary nickel brightening agents
Nickel Metal crowns (for anodes in nickel bath)
Chromic Acid
Antimonial Lead Anodes (for chromium bath)
Zirconyl Fluoride, or other chromium plating catalyst
Barium Carbonate
Aspirin and Scotch Whiskey (for the long suffering plater)
Sweat
Brains
Determination

Dave Wichern
Consultant - The Bronx, New York

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