Novel plating process
Abstract
Abstract IN ACCORDANCE WITH CERTAIN OF ITS ASPECTS, THE PROCESS OF THIS INVENTION FOR PREPARING A NICKEL PLATE RECEPTIVE TO A DECORATIVE CHROMIUM METAL DEPOSIT, CHARACTERIZED BY THE PRESENCE OF MICROPOROUS AREAS AND MICROCRACKED AREAS OVER SUBSTANTIALLY THE ENTIRE SURFACE OF SAID CHROMIUM METAL PLATE, COMPRISES AFFIXING TO A BASIS MATERIAL BEARING A CONDUCTIVE METAL SURFACE A STRATUM OF PARTICLES HAVING A PARTICLE SIZE OF ABOUT 0.05-15 MICRONS AND A DENSITY ON SAID CONDUCTIVE METAL SURFACE OF ABOUT 100-5,000,000 PARTICLES/CM.2; AND DEPOSITING IN SAID STRATUM OF PARTICLES A NICKEL LAYER HAVING A HIGH TENSILE STRESS OF AT LEAST ABOUT 8,400 KG./CM.2 AND, AN EFFECTIVE THICKNESS LESS THAN THE MAXIMUM THICKNESS OF SAID STRATUM OF PARTICLES THEREBY FORMING A MATRIX WHEREIN SAID PARTICLES ARE RETAINED AFFIXED TO SAID SURFACE IN FIXED POSITION IN SAID NICKEL LAYER, AND AT LEAST SOME OF SAID PARTICLES INTERCEPT THE SURFACE OF SAID NICKEL LAYER.
Inventors
- 👤 Jesse E Stareck
- 👤 Philip J Smith Jr
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