Electroleses metal coatings incorporating particulate matter of varied nominal sizes
AssigneeSurface Technology, Inc.
InventorRobert A. Spencer, Jr.
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Abstract
Disclosed are processes and articles for the preparation of composite electroless coatings which comprise a metal and/or metal alloy, plus particulate matter, the latter having at least two distinct nominal sizes.
Claims17
An article metallized by electroless metallization of a substrate comprising contacting said substrate with an electroless plating bath to deposit a composite metallic layer on the surface of said substrate, said plating bath comprising a metal salt, an electroless reducing agent thereof, and a quantity of finely divided insoluble particulate matter, said particulate matter being suspended in said plating bath, the improvement comprising utilizing as the particulate matter an admixture of one chemical substance having at least two nominal sizes of particulate matter, at least one of said sizes being relatively larger than at least one of said other sizes, and furthermore wherein the relative ratio for the large nominal size to the small nominal size is less than 10:1 and further wherein the distribution of the particles within the metallized article consist of particles of the two nominal sizes present in said admixture.
An article metallized by electroless metallization of a substrate comprising contacting said substrate with an electroless plating bath to deposit a composite metallic layer on the surface of said substrate, said plating bath comprising a metal salt, an electroless reducing agent thereof, and a quantity of finely divided insoluble particulate matter, said particulate matter being suspended in said plating bath, the improvement comprising utilizing as the particulate matter an admixture of one chemical substance having at least two distinct sizes of particulate matter, at least one of said sizes being relatively larger than at least one of said other sizes, and furthermore wherein the relative ratio for the large distinct size to the small distinct size is less than 10:1 and further wherein the distribution of particles within the metallized article consists of particles of the two distinct sizes present in said admixture.
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