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Nickel brightener formula book

Sir, I want to buy a nickel brightener formula book . how will I buy it.

Ronnie Samson
Chemical sales - Karachi, Pakistan
January 17, 2011

Hi, Ronnie.

ASM Metals Handbook, Vol. 5 [affil link on Amazon or AbeBooks ] has a chapter on nickel plating which includes information about generic addition agents for nickel plating like saccharin, sulfonamides, sodium salts, naphthalene, sulfonates, butyne diol, Thiourea [on eBay or Amazon], etc. You can buy it from Amazon, ASM, or many other sources.

But today's modern addition agent formulations are superior to those and are proprietary trade secrets; the finished product rather than the formulation info is for sale. You may find some helpful info in expired patents. Best of luck.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E.
Striving to live Aloha
finishing.com - Pine Beach, New Jersey
January 2011

Approach making your own brightener with great caution. They all have different negative side effects as well as brightening.
For saccharin, it makes it harder and it drastically increases the internal stress.

James Watts
- Navarre, Florida
January 19, 2011

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