Claims
- 1. A method of producing electrical contacts comprising electrolytically coating conductive elements of aluminum with nickel and wherein an initial thin layer of nickel is deposited by chemical displacement in an acidic aqueous bath comprising:
- HF: 5 to 50 g/l
- H.sub.3 BO.sub.3 : 10 to 60 g/l
- NiCl.sub.2.6H.sub.2 O: 50 to 500 g/l
- and then said initial layer of nickel is dissolved in an acid solution to produce an oxide-free surface before the definitive layer of nickel is electrolytically deposited directly onto the aluminum conductive elements.
- 2. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the elements to be coated are pickled before the initial deposit is applied.
- 3. A method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the definitive protective layer is formed by electrolytic deposition from a bath containing nickel sulphamate, boric acid and nickel chloride.
- 4. A method for the production of a nickel plated aluminum substrate electrical contact member by electrodeposition of a nickel electrical contact layer directly on a surface of an aluminum substrate by the sequential manipulative steps of:
- (a) preparing the surface of the aluminum substrate by;
- (i) depositing a thin layer of nickel on the surface of the substrate by chemical displacement in an acidic aqueous solution comprising.
- HF: 5 to 50 g/l
- H.sub.3 BO.sub.3 : 10 to 60 g/l
- NiCl.sub.2.6H.sub.2 O: 50 to 500 g/l
- (ii) removing the thin layer of nickel by dissolution wherein the surface of the substrate contiguous with the removed nickel is physically modified and oxide-free; and
- (b) electrodepositioning a nickel electrical contact layer on the prepared surface of the aluminum substrate whereby resistance to mechanical and or thermal stressing of the nickel contact layer-aluminum substrate bond is increased.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a division of the application Ser. No. 25,488, filed Mar. 30, 1979, now abandoned.
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Non-Patent Literature Citations (2)
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F. A. Lowenheim, Electroplating, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1978, pp. 389-391. |
Metal Finishing Guidebook and Directory for 1978, Metals and Plastics Publications, Hackensack, N.J., p. 286. |
Divisions (1)
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