Claims
- 1. An improved electroless plating process including the step of contacting a substrate with a composition comprising a source of metal salt, an electroless reducing agent, a complexing agent, an electroless plating stabilizer, and a particulate matter stabilizer, said particulate matter stabilizer comprising an admixture of a nonionic compound along with a member selected from the group of an anionic compound, a cationic compound, and an amphoteric compound and mixtures thereof.
- 2. The process according to claim 1 wherein said metal is nickel.
- 3. The process according to claim 1 wherein said particulate matter stabilizer is a nonionic compound in combination with a cationic compound.
- 4. The process according to claim 1 wherein said electroless plating process is under acidic pH.
- 5. The process according to claim 1 wherein said particulate matter stabilizer is a non-ionic compound along with an anionic compound.
REFERENCE TO PRIOR APPLICATIONS:
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 844,800 filed Mar. 4, 1992, now abandoned, which is a continuation-in-part of copending application Ser. No. 701,291 filed Mar. 11, 1991, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,145,517 which is a continuation of copending application Ser. No. 510,770 filed on Apr. 16, 1990 now abandoned which is a divisional application of copending application Ser. No. 139,270, filed Dec. 23, 1987 now U.S. Pat. No. 4,873,760, which is a division of Ser. No. 822,335, Jan. 27, 1986, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 598,483, May 21, 1984, now abandoned, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 408,433, Aug. 16, 1982, now abandoned, which is a division of Ser. No. 249,773, Apr. 1, 1981, now abandoned.
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