常用的表面处理素材.ppt

After electroless nickel are the electroplating steps. It starts with nickel strike and then acid copper, multilayer nickel and bright chrome. The second step is to mount the parts on the racks. These are the points to take good care. Otherwise, again, this will give poor adhesion. The first step of plastic pretreatment is the chrome etch. The bath contains chromic acid and sulphuric acid. High temperature and various immersion time depending on the surface conditions of the plastics – 6 to 20 minutes. * If the surface is evenly etched, it will leave holes which are small but evenly distributed – this will give the best adhesion you want. When the etch is properly controlled, the greatest adhesion of the electroplate to the plastic will be achieved. ABS resins typically will have greater adhesion values than PC/ABS resins. Metallic deposition on plastic requires a catalyst to initiate the reaction. The catalyst are always precious metals which include palladium, …. Palladium is the best among them which is significantly low cost and stable in bath and performance. Therefore, most of the current technology is using the metal . As a colloidal catalyst, the palladium is protected by tin chloride. This big molecule is adsorbed onto the surface. The more evenly distributed it is the better is the adhesion. In order to have the best penetration, the molecule of the colloidal catalyst is very big and surrounded by tin chloride. After adhering to the plastic surfaces, the excess tin chloride has to be removed in order to be active. This is done in this accelerator. After this, the catalyst is active and ready to help in the electroless reaction. However, we have to be careful in this step – do not over-accelerated the surface. Otherwise, not only the tin chloride is removed but the whole palladium catalyst , then there will be adhesion problem. Electroless nickel is another very critical step in the pretreatment cycle. If the activity of the bath is not enough, the depos