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PLATING AND ANODIZING: NICKEL PLATING
NICKEL: SHINY, RELIABLE
AND STRONG
N
ickel plating is one of the oldest processes in the metal coater's handbook. It
has been commercial since the 1840s, yet it continues to form a significant
market segment in metals processing.
Around 60 percent of the electroplated parts that are made still go into
the cars we drive. The second biggest segment is home hardware of various types, which
comprises 10 to 15 percent. Beyond this, there are appliances and white goods, and the
other myriad products requiring protective or decorative plating.
The non-electrical method for the process is technically described as " an autocatalytic
chemical technique used to deposit a layer of nickel-phosphorus or nickelboron
alloy on a solid workpiece. " Nickel-phosphorus is more common, however, and
its content in the alloy, as any plater knows, is the determining factor in the eventual
properties.
Nickel can produce an even deposit on a workpiece, regardless of the geometry of
the part. If the right pre-plate catalyst is used, it will also deposit onto nonconductive
surfaces. Its ability to protect against corrosion or, in the case of plastics, against
abrasion that in time produces a dull or scratched surface, is nickel's primary technical
selling point.
Electroplating, properly called electrodeposition, is comparable to a galvanic cell
acting in reverse. The part to be plated is the cathode of the circuit. The process, being
more gradual and more subject to control than the chemical technique, results in a finer,
shinier metal surface.
Mature market segments like nickel plating rarely show major growth spurts.
Generally, growth in the field tracks general expansion (or shrinkage) in the economy.
Palm Commodities' primary offering in this field is its Vale Nickel Plating Chips, a
recently developed nickel anode material for multipurpose nickel plating applications.
These, the company says, are a non-activated, high purity form of nickel anode material
made from Vale's unique carbonyl refining process.
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