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US 8,147,601 B2Granted
Composite electroless plating
AssigneeSurface Technology, Inc.
InventorsMichael Feldstein, Thomas Stephen Lancsek, Jijeesh Jose Thottathil
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Abstract
This invention is directed to a process for electrolessly metallizing an article, as well as to a plating bath and the subsequent plated substrate. The process comprises contacting the surface of an article with an electroless metallizing bath which may be essentially free of toxic and/or heavy metals.
Claims20
An electroless metalizing bath comprising an aqueous solution of
- a metal salt,
- a reducing agent, and
- particulate matter;
- wherein said electroless metalized bath is essentially free of lead.
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An electroless metalizing bath comprising an aqueous solution of
- a metal salt,
- a reducing agent, and
- particulate matter;
- wherein said electroless metalized bath is essentially free of cadmium.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.