Electroplating and Related Processes

CONTENTS - Introduction - I. Mechanism of Electrodeposition - 2. Laws and Characteristics of Plating Baths - 3. The Deposit - 4. Preparatory Steps of Plating - 5. Preparation of the Surface - 6. Cleaning - 7. Pickling - 8. Strike Plating - 9. Rinsing - 10. Anodizing - 11. Brass Plating - 12. Bronze Plating - 13. Cadmium Plating - 14. Chromate Coatings - 15. Chromium Plating - 16. Acid Copper Plating - 17. Copper Cyanide Baths - 18. Iron Plating - 19. Lead Plating - 20. Lead-Tin - 21. Nickel Plating - 22. Electroless Nickel - 23. Phosphate Coatings - 24. Silver Plating - 25. Acid Tin Plating - 26. Alkaline Tin Plating - 27. Tin-Nickel - 28. Tin-Zinc - 29. Acid Zinc Baths - 30. Zinc Cyanide Baths - 31. Control of a Plating Bath - 32. Plating Tests - 33. Gravity, Conductivity, and Voltage - 34. Electroplated Alloys - 35. Layer Plating - 36. Applications of Electroplating - 37. Plating Bath Troubles - 38. Continuous Plating - 39. Plating on Plastics - 40. Preparation of Metals for Painting - 41. Analytical Methods for Plating Baths - Appendix - Conversion Factors - Electrochemical Yields - Electrochemical Formulas - Electrochemical Equivalents - Single Electrode Potentials - Stripping Chart - Glossary - Index -