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Electroless nickel plating of ceramic powders

I am, Mahesh Kumar, doing PhD on Composites fabricated by Powder Metallurgy route in Cardiff University, U.K.

To avoid the diffusion of atoms across the powder interface during processing, I am planning to coat the powders with Ni by electroless plating method.

This is to enquire whether it is possible to coat ceramic powders (particle size 3-5 microns) like SiC, TiC, Al2O3 with Ni by electroless method?

Regards,
Mahesh

Mahesh Kumar Mani
student - Cardiff, United Kingdom
November 18, 2010

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Mahesh, I am working on this same problem. I would like to use electroless nickel to coat ZrO2 (zirconia) round particles approximately 0.5 mm in diameter. It should be possible. I remember when I was a student some years ago I was putting electroless nickel coatings on epoxy and it worked well. Let's keep in touch and see if we can come up with something.
-Lucien

Lucien Hehn
nov - Spring, Texas, USA
November 23, 2010

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Dear Mr. Hehn,

Thank you for your reply.

I will try to coat the powders by following the procedure mentioned in literatures. I will intimate you the outcome of my experiments.

Regards,
Mahesh

Mahesh Kumar Mani
- Cardiff, United Kingdom
November 29, 2010

Years ago you could buy EN coated diamond particles. Research expired patents or find a company that is qualified and have them do it or buy their technology.

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December 1, 2010

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