Electro-deposition coating

Nickel is also widely used as an electrodeposited underlay to chromium on chromium-plated articles, reinforcing the protection against corrosion provided by the thin chromium surface layer. Additionally the production of articles of complex shape to close dimensional tolerances in nickel by electroforming —a high-speed electrodeposition process —has attracted considerable interest. Electrodeposition of nickel and the properties of electro-deposited coatings containing nickel are dealt with in greater detail in Section 14.7. 

Anticorrosive pigment Air- drying alkyd primers Alkyd- melamine primers 2-Compo- nent epoxy primers 2-Compo-nent acrylic isocyanate primers Chlor- inated rubber primer Aqueous polymer dispersions Poly(vinyl- butyral) primers Electro- deposition coatings Mirror coatings References... 

It was found that the reaction proceeds when n = 4 or 5 but not when n = 2 or 3. Difunctional macrocyclic urea amides were made by reacting the raacrocyclic urea with diacid chlorides such as isophthaloyl chloride. The utility of these cross-linkers was proven in solvent coatings, acrylic powder coatings, and electro-deposition coatings. 

Handbook of Electroplating. Birmingham W. Canning Co., 1966. ISO-1456 1988 (E). Metallic coatings - electro-deposited coatings of nickel plus chromium and of copper plus nickel plus chromium. 

Dispersion Resins. Polytetrafluoroethylene dispersions in aqueous medium contain 30—60 wt % polymer particles and some surfactant. The type of surfactant and the particle characteristics depend on the appHcation. These dispersions are appHed to various substrates by spraying, flow coating, dipping, coagulating, or electro depositing. 

Plating and Coatings. Thin surface coatings of platinum and platinum alloys are used as decorative finishes and in critical appHcations where it is necessary to provide finishes resistant to corrosion or high temperature, eg, coatings on jet-engine turbine components (258). Compounds used in the electro deposition of platinum are based on Pt(Il) and Pt(IV) and include H2[PtCl3] and its salts, eg, Pt—P—Salt, [Pt(NH3)2(N02)2] H2[Pt(S04)(N02)2] ... 

Molten tin wets and adheres readily to clean iron, steel, copper, and copper-base alloys, and the coating is bright. It provides protection against oxidation of the coated metal and aids in subsequent fabrication because it is ductile and solderable. Tin coatings can be appHed to most metals by electro deposition (see Electroplating). 

In appHcatioa, the automobile or other article to be coated is made the cathode ia an electro deposition system. A current differential on the order of 250 to 400 V is appHed, which attracts the positively charged coating aggregates to the cathode. At the cathode, hydroxide ions from the electrolysis of water precipitate the aggregates on the surface of the metal. As the conveyor removes the coated product from the bath, residual Hquid is tinsed off with water and the article is conveyed iato a bakiag ovea for a high temperature bake. 

Cladding may be less expensive than selective electro deposition when coatings greater than 1 p.m of a noble metal are required, but may be more expensive than electro deposition for thinner coatings. Selective techniques are most easily used for sheet metal substrates that are to be machine stamped and formed into contacts. Clad noble metals are considerably more ductile (and less hard) than comparable electro deposits and, therefore, are better suited to forming operations. Contacts that are made into separate parts from rod by screw machining are usually coated on all exposed surfaces by barrel electroplating. 

Base Metal Finishes. The low cost of base metal finishes obviates selective coating. Electro deposition is used for 0.5—5 p.m thick coatings of tin and tin—lead alloy, usually about 50 wt % Sn, 50 wt % Pb, on electronic connector contacts, on contacts at the edges of printed circuit boards, and on terminals. Sheet copper alloys that have been coated with tin—lead alloy are widely used for contacts that are stamped and then formed into the desired shapes, such as pins having a closed end and sockets. Aluminum connectors that have utility—industrial appHcations are more thickly coated, and hot-dipping in molten tin is common. 

Waterborne Costing s. These coatings utilize either Hquid or soHd epoxy resins that have been modified to allow their use with water. They are usually in the form of emulsions, suspensions, dispersions, or water-dilutable resins that can be heat- or RT-cured. They are appHed by convenient methods such as roUer-coating, dipping, spray, or electro deposition. 

Deposits from Watts-type solutions Most coatings of nickel for engineering applications are electro deposited from a Watts-type bath Typical mechanical properties of deposits from Watts and sulphamate solutions are compared with those of wrought nickel in Table 13.15. 

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