Cad Plating Solution limits per AMS-QQ-P-416
– 4/19/25

Analyze acid level (HCl) in ferric chloride solution
– 4/10/25

Determine % Nitric Acid. Titration? Conversion factor?
– 3/31/25

Power Outage During Salt Spray Test
– 3/27/25

Salt Spray Hours vs. real life exposure
– 3/11/25

Need Lab Help with Stainless Product Development
– 1/7/25

On line analysis of chrome concentration? Inquirer often helps others, so especially deserves our help
– 12/21/24

Caustic Etch Analysis — aluminium anodizing
– 12/18/24

Analysis of potassium carbonate in cyanide plating bath
– 12/3/24

329/52. Diphenylcarbohydrazide Trivalent/Hexavalent Chrome Testing
– November 23

617/78. Need to create pitting corrosion on stainless steel
– November 23

  21/83. Can you reliably measure nitric acid concentration with specific gravity gauge?
– October 13

32838. Analyze Chrome Plating Bath; Determine sulphates
– 12/9/24

56140. Analyse Chloride in Chrome Plating Solution —
– July 11

  8904. Salt Spray Hours vs. real life exposure
– May 3

44485. XRF and Plating Thickness Measurement
– March 7

50132. ASTM B117 Salt Fog Test Chamber Operational Q&As, Problems: Salt Spray Woes
– March 3

  0644. Copper Sulphate Test on Gold Plated Part
– March 1

35573. Acceptance criteria after salt spray test
– February 19

61638. Need lab SOPs for electroplating shop
– February 16

36184. Is titration the best method to analyse copper content of ore?
– February 5

41654. Determine % Nitric Acid. Titration? Conversion factor?
– January 29

  6060. Test for Type 316 vs. 304 Stainless Steel
– January 9

18778. Analyzing acid tin baths — bright and matte
– January 9

61619. Salt Spray and Cyclic Corrosion Test for Assembled Parts
January 4

61433. How to Analyze for Iron in Deox and Anodize tank?
– December 4

61611. Hydrogen Embrittlement Test Failure

32578. Noüy Ring vs. Withelmy Plate Tensiometer for Chrome Surface Tension

35975. Water immersion test for stainless steel passivation Q&A, Problems & Solutions
– October 8

42582. How to perform Acid MEQ of CED Bath manually?
– October 8

52870. Analysis of ammonium nitrate in stripping solution
– October 2

• IGA/EGP testing to ASTM F2111
– September 18

• How to measure plating thickness on small coil spring
– July 11

• Analysis Methods Zinc-Nickel Plating Bath

• G155 Weathering Cycle for MIL-PRF-8625F

• Clarification on MIL-DTL-5541F Coating Weight

• Hull Cell Test on Cadmium solution
– April 20

• How to treat Acid Zinc bath contaminated by dissolved Titanium baskets?
– April 16

• Free chromium analysis in pretreatment tank

• Titration methods for electrocoloring and seal tanks?

• Analyzing for iron in HCl pickling acid
– April 12

• Carrier Analysis in Acid Zinc Plating Solutions

• Brightness measurement vs. surface finish
– March 31

• Hull Cell Test for Cadmium Plating

• How to know 304 vs. 316 Stainless; tests & suggestions
– March 1

• Can I use NaOH solution instead of NaCl in Salt Spray test?
– February 21

• Silver plating: atomic absorption analysis of silver

• ASTM B117 Salt Fog Test Chamber Operational Q&As, Problems: Salt Spray Woes
– February 10

• Determine % Nitric Acid. Titration?

• Taber ASTM D 4060: conditioning aluminum coupons

• Fluoride analysis in HF/Nitric (etch for titanium)
– January 30

• Maintaining and Monitoring Acid Copper brighteners

• Analyze for iron content in hydrochloric acid
– January 4

• Analysis of Nitric Acid in the presence of Hydrofluoric Acid

• MIL-DTL-5541 Chromate Conductivity Testing
– November 27

• Analyze tin metal left in electroless tin solution

• Test if Alodine 1200 clear was actually done
– October 17

• How to Analyze Resin Impregnation of Aluminum

• Distilled water good enough for analysis?

• Simple test for presence of clear chromate27

• Soak Cleaner / Degreaser: Alkalinity test & oil content27

• Thickness measurement of gold & EN on copper

• Analyze Chrome Plating Bath; Determine sulphates

• Chem filmed panels fail salt spray test – May 30

• Platinized titanium anodes for electroplating: buying, making, testing

• Analyze cobalt and nickel metal separately

• Making sulfuric acid anodizing solution Thanks! Resolved  🙂 – May 13

• Measuring equipment for silver plating brightener?

• Method to identify tin plating versus nickel plating – April 12

• How do you know it’s electropolished? Validation

• Silver Plating Adhesion Tests & Problems, AMS2410 & AMS2411

• Propylene Glycol leak into Sulfuric Anodizing Tank

• Weight measurement of zinc phosphate coatings (February 11)

• Silver plating: analysis of silver (February 10)

• Nickel thickness measurement: which electrolyte?