Claims
- 1. Acid tin bath and tin/lead bath respectively for the electrodeposition of lustrous tin coatings and tin/lead coatings respectively containing tin salts and optionally lead salts, aldehydes and/or ketones as brighteners as well as surfactants besides sulfuric acid and/or borofluohydric acid characterized in that it contains in place of part or all of the aldehydes and/or ketones a cyclic reaction product of one or more aromatic aldehydes and epihalohydrin of the general formula ##STR3## (Hal=chlorine or bromine, R=a phenyl, naphthyl or pyridyl radical optionally substituted by one to three members of the group consisting of chlorine, bromine and fluorine atoms, alkyl and alkoxy groups having 1 to 3 carbon atoms, carboxy and hydroxy groups).
- 2. Tin bath and tin/lead bath respectively as claimed in claim 1 characterized in that it contains in addition an antioxidant.
- 3. Tin bath and tin/lead bath respectively as claimed in claim 2 characterized in that it contains trichlorobenzene or cresol sulfonic acid or an alkali metal salt thereof as antioxidant.
- 4. Tin bath and tin/lead bath respectively as claimed in claim 1 characterized in that it contains the brightener in a amount of from 0.1 to 2 g/liter of the bath.
Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation-in-part application of pending U.S. application Ser. No. 233,171, filed Feb. 10, 1981 and now abandoned.
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