Electroplating additional ingredients

Plating baths contain a number of salts and compounds in addition to those of the ion to be reduced to metal. Much commercial electroplating is from proprietary solutions whose use is covered by patents, and which are supplied completely or partly compounded. The precise composition is generally a trade secret, and the patents may sometimes be very widely drawn to include a larger range of compositions and ingredients than is successful. A broad classihcation of additional ingredients includes ... 

Based on the excellent solubility and reducing properties of amine boranes, they are often used for the stabilization and purification of industrial materials. Further, they are applied as additives in hydrocarbon fuels and in lubricating oils, as polymerization catalysts, as ingredients in photographic processing and in the electroplating industry.169 High stability towards hydrolysis and oxidation makes cationic boron chelates useful as water-soluble dyes.170... 

Use Preparation of cadmium sulfide, analytical chemistry, photography, dyeing and calico printing, ingredient of electroplating baths, addition to tinning solution, manufacture of special mirrors, manufacture of cadmium yellow. 

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