Summary for plating solution analysis Discussion
The thread on plating solution analysis asks for equipment or a technology method to measure nickel sulphamate, nickel chloride, and boric acid in a sulphate/ammonia bath. Mohamed Othman says he could not find a suitable method. Dave Wichern replies that the likely reason for the lack of responses is that sulphamate nickel baths are generally analyzed by good old-fashioned titration, not specialized equipment. He adds that if the asker explained why a different method is needed, more suggestions might be possible. The practical takeaway is that standard titration is the normal approach for this kind of bath analysis, and the discussion does not identify a specific instrument for all of the requested components.
Q. I want to know an equipment that can analysis and measure the amount of nickel sulphamate , nickel chloride and boric acid in sulphate and ammonia
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Mohamed Othman
– Egypt
April 9, 2008
A. I suppose that the reason you haven’t gotten a lot of replies is that sulphamate nickel baths are generally analyzed by good old fashioned titration. Perhaps if you said WHY you need some other method some suggestions would be forthcoming.
James Totter, CEF
– Tallahassee, Florida
April 14, 2008
A. It is as Mr. Totter says: plain old titration – a buret, a few chemicals, and a good eye.
The only parameters that I’ve ever tested for that required different equipment were sulphate in a hexavalent chromium bath, and Rochelle salts
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in a cyanide copper bath.
(Though there are titration methods for the latter, they stink. The best way to analyze for tartrate ion in that matrix is, IMHO, ion chromatography.)
Dave Wichern
Consultant – The Bronx, New York
May 5, 2008