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Chromium plating of carbon fibre

Hey there,

Electroplating chromium has been widely used so far in the plating industry. I am interested in doing a chromium plating on carbon fibres. Hence when we talk about cathode surface area, how do we define it with respect to the carbon fibres?

regards,

Edwin Jian Xiang Pang
Researcher - Nottingham
May 28, 2010

Chrome is very inflexible while carbon fiber can be quite flexible. You have a very high probability of the chrome cracking.Carbon fiber plating requires some unusual steps for plating as it does not clean or activate well. It will take a bit of research followed by a good bit of trial and error effort, unless you are very lucky.

James Watts
- Navarre, Florida
May 28, 2010

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