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Offline Zafar Mahmud

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Nickel Plating Brightners
« on: October 24, 2007, 09:47:52 AM »
 Hi Guys!
      I want to know some home made formula for nickel electroplating brighteners.I am not interested in propriety formulation.The chemicals used should not be complex.
I want some chemicals which are easily available in every country.


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Re: Nickel Plating Brightners
« Reply #1 on: November 10, 2007, 02:26:23 AM »
"Saccharin" ---which is a very old formula for bright nikel plating.

Please try. ;D

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Nickel Plating Brightners and also acid copper plating brighteners
« Reply #2 on: March 26, 2008, 06:24:06 AM »
"Saccharin" ---which is a very old formula for bright nikel plating.

Please try. ;D

Can you help me about brightener formula used in acid copper plating (plating plastics!!!!)

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Re: Nickel Plating Brightners
« Reply #3 on: March 31, 2008, 11:20:07 AM »
Dinol,

Sorry, I totally forgot the electroplating and I remember that we need to add three kinds of chemicals to the plating bath and one of the chemical is organic sulphur compound for covering.
I search from Google and get the following information:

"Detailed Product Description
M (2-meracapto-benzimidazole) Chemical name: 2-meracapto-benzimidazole Molecular formula: C7H6N2S CA No. 583-39-1 Appearance White crystal Assay >= 95% Melting Point ( C) 303-304 Level of addition 0.6-1.0 mg/l Application:     It is soluble in alkaline solution, M is used as brightener for copper plating, which can brighten and level the deposit. Furthermore, it can improve working current density."


"A little ambiguity? Are you talking about a brightener additive for an acid copper plating bath or an acid dip to brighten parts made of copper?
Neil Bell
Red Sky Plating - Albuquerque, NM, USA
 
Have you tried thiourea? Use it sparingly. Be very careful, this thing will give you pancreatic cancer and damage your bones.
Alfonso Hernandez
- Aurora, CO, U.S.A."


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Re: Nickel Plating Brightners
« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2008, 02:59:32 AM »
Dinol,

Sorry, I totally forgot the electroplating and I remember that we need to add three kinds of chemicals to the plating bath and one of the chemical is organic sulphur compound for covering.
I search from Google and get the following information:

"Detailed Product Description
M (2-meracapto-benzimidazole) Chemical name: 2-meracapto-benzimidazole Molecular formula: C7H6N2S CA No. 583-39-1 Appearance White crystal Assay >= 95% Melting Point ( C) 303-304 Level of addition 0.6-1.0 mg/l Application:     It is soluble in alkaline solution, M is used as brightener for copper plating, which can brighten and level the deposit. Furthermore, it can improve working current density."


"A little ambiguity? Are you talking about a brightener additive for an acid copper plating bath or an acid dip to brighten parts made of copper?
Neil Bell
Red Sky Plating - Albuquerque, NM, USA
 
Have you tried thiourea? Use it sparingly. Be very careful, this thing will give you pancreatic cancer and damage your bones.
Alfonso Hernandez
- Aurora, CO, U.S.A."


kevins ,,, thank you for the information, I will try  it :D

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Re: Nickel Plating Brightners
« Reply #5 on: April 03, 2008, 04:23:30 AM »
Dinol,

Sorry, I totally forgot the electroplating and I remember that we need to add three kinds of chemicals to the plating bath and one of the chemical is organic sulphur compound for covering.
I search from Google and get the following information:

"Detailed Product Description
M (2-meracapto-benzimidazole) Chemical name: 2-meracapto-benzimidazole Molecular formula: C7H6N2S CA No. 583-39-1 Appearance White crystal Assay >= 95% Melting Point ( C) 303-304 Level of addition 0.6-1.0 mg/l Application:     It is soluble in alkaline solution, M is used as brightener for copper plating, which can brighten and level the deposit. Furthermore, it can improve working current density."


"A little ambiguity? Are you talking about a brightener additive for an acid copper plating bath or an acid dip to brighten parts made of copper?
Neil Bell
Red Sky Plating - Albuquerque, NM, USA
 
Have you tried thiourea? Use it sparingly. Be very careful, this thing will give you pancreatic cancer and damage your bones.
Alfonso Hernandez
- Aurora, CO, U.S.A."



Hi again Kevins :-\, i understand the chemicals sodium sulfur and 2-mercaptobenzimidazole for acid copper brightener, you said 3 chemicals what is third one do you know? than i will try this solution in the laboratory and will say what happened..

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Re: Nickel Plating Brightners
« Reply #6 on: April 08, 2008, 10:22:56 AM »
Please find attached contains some useful information for bright copper plating.
http://www.wipo.int/pctdb/en/wo.jsp?wo=2007126453&IA=WO2007126453&DISPLAY=DESC

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Re: Nickel Plating Brightners
« Reply #7 on: August 18, 2008, 03:58:51 AM »
"Saccharin" ---which is a very old formula for bright nikel plating.

Please try. ;D

How is saccharin used ? is it sodium saccharin and what is the old formula :P

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