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February 18, 2010
Hello,
As a chemist in a plating car industry specialized on plating on plastic in France, I search recent books related to the plating on plastic to help me.
We use a sulfochromic etch and I would like to know a different way to substitute for it.
Moreover, Boric acid will pass at the end of this year as a carcinogenic product and I would like also to find a way to substitute it because of the law.
Information about new nickel and chromium III technologies will help me a lot to forecast new process in the aim to totally eliminate Chromium VI in the factory.
Thanks in advance for your advise.
Denis
Chemist - Morteau, France
Hi, Marandet. There are gaseous etch machines available for use in plating on plastic that will eliminate the need for the chromic acid wet etch.
I find it nearly impossible to believe that boric acid will be ruled a carcinogen since it is widely used in eyewashes, vaginal douches, anti-yeast suppositories ⇦ on eBay or Amazon [affil link] and other personal products, and is perhaps the most widely used buffering solution in industry. Please provide a link to some information about that.
Journals such as Metal Finishing magazine and Plating & Surface Finishing should help keep you updated on progress and substitutes in this field. Good luck.
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Ted Mooney, P.E.
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