Nickel complexes electroplating

Articles of complex shape may be impossible to electroplate satisfactorily, and electroless nickel (see Section 12.5) may be useful in providing a relatively uniform protective coating. Even so, the considerations of access of cleaning and process solutions, and retention/draining of all process solutions, still apply. 

Nickel-tin alloys electroplating, 6,14 Nicotinamide zinc complexes, 5,952 hydride-transfer reactions, 5, 954 Nicotinic acid... 

Nickel dioxide, 77 107 Nickel double salts, 77 113 Nickel electrodes, 3 430 72 216 Nickel electroplating solutions, 9 818t Nickel extraction, 70 791 Nickel ferrite brown spinel, formula and DCMA number, 7 348t Nickel fibers, 77 108 Nickel fluoride complexes, 77 111 Nickel fluoride tetrahydrate, 77 109-110 Nickel fluoroborate, 77 111 Nickel fluoroborate hexahydrate, 4 157t, 158, 159... 

Nickel compounds are of great importance industrially and a review is available on the use of nickel in heterogeneous catalysis, electroplating, batteries, pigments, ceramics and hydrogen storage.76 This concerns simple aqua complexes of nickel(II) with anions such as carbonate, halide, hydroxide, nitrate and sulfate. Nickel acetate and formate find similar use, and the acetate is employed in the sealing of anodized aluminum.77 [Ni(NH3)6]Cl2 has been shown to be potentially applicable in heat pumps.78... 

With gold, potassium cyanide forms complex derivatives, and it is employed in the extraction of the metal (p. 324). As a double cyanide with other metallic cyanides, such as those of silver, gold, and nickel, it is an important reagent in electroplating. It is also employed in photography. Like hydrocyanic acid, it is extremely poisonous. 

Recent developments in ion chromatography are filling the analytical gap between the atomic adsorption spectroscopy and inductively coupled plasma metal spectroscopy. Ion chromatography can now not only determine what trace metals are present, but also their oxidation state, the degree of complexation, and the stability of the complex. For example, a nickel electroplating solution was analyzed by diluting it with a water eluant solution. The analysis revealed the following ion concentrations. 

The double cyanides of gold, nickel, and silver are used in electroplating. When the complex salt of the composition KAg(CN) 2 is dissolved in water, decomposition into its constituents does not take place, but the salt ionizes according to the equation,—... 

Zinc-nickel Zn-Ni alloys with 5 to 15 wt% Ni offer excellent corrosion resistance and are mainly used in the automotive, aerospace, and electronics industries. Above 15% Ni, the alloy coating becomes more noble than steel, and the corrosion-protection mechanism changes from a sacrificial to a pure physical one (comparable to pure Ni coatings, see Sect. 5.5.4.2.2). They can be electrode-posited from acid or alkaline baths. The acid baths are usually based on sulfate, chloride, sulfate-chloride, pyrophosphate, or acetate (Table 15). The system shows anomalous codeposition (see Sect. 5.5.1.2), which has been explained by a hydroxide suppression mechanism [47]. As in the case of Ni-Fe, the alkaline baths must contain complexing agents (see Sect. 5.5.4.6.2). The alloys electroplated from add haths contain approximately 10 to 14% Ni, whereas the alkaline Zn-Ni... 

Conventional lithography. X-ray, or UV LIGA followed by electroplating nickel or nickel alloys on silicon or nickel substrates is a common technique for fabricating tools with very small and complex features [4, 11, 17]. The... 

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