Coating processes – Immersion or partial immersion – Chemical compound reducing agent utilized
Patent
1995-02-16
1996-08-06
Niebling, John
Coating processes
Immersion or partial immersion
Chemical compound reducing agent utilized
205125, 205126, B05D 118
Patent
active
055431828
ABSTRACT:
A process for applying a metal coating to a non-conductive substrate without an electroless coating is disclosed. The process includes the step of: a. contacting said substrate with an activator comprising a noble metal/Group IVA metal sol to obtain a treated substrate; b. contacting said treated substrate with a self accelerating and replenishing immersion metal composition comprising a solution of (i) a soluble metal salt whose metal is more noble than said Group IVA metal, (ii) a Group IA metal hydroxide, (iii) a complexing agent comprising an organic material having a cumulative formation constant log K of from about 0.73 to about 21.95 for an ion of the metal of said metal salt. The Group IVA metal is employed in a stoichiometric excess compared to the noble metal, the excess Group IVA metal being in its lowest oxidation state. Self accelerating and replenishing non-formaldehyde immersion metal compositions are also disclosed. The composition is used in a two step process to electrolytically coat a nonconductive substrate. In the first step the conductivity of the substrate is increased by applying the composition to it. In the second step, the substrate treated with the composition is electrolytically coated with a metal.
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