8. Conclusion
This article does not claim to offer an exhaustive panorama of all the industries successfully using electroless nickel. However, the many applications presented here illustrate the remarkable performance of this type of coating.
Electroless nickel possesses multiple properties that have contributed to its success: corrosion and abrasion resistance, hardness, magnetic susceptibility, weldability, lubricity, thickness uniformity. Depending on requirements, one or other of these properties can be modified by adjusting the phosphorus content, the operating conditions for nickel plating or heat treatment, or by co-depositing silicon carbide or polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) particles with the nickel.
This wide range of properties opens up enormous possibilities, provided they are used wisely.
For example, simply specifying...
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References
Organizations (non-exhaustive list)
SATS (Syndicat national des entreprises d'applications de revêtements et traitements de surface) http://www.sats-france.com /
NiDi (Nickel Development Institute) http://www.nidi.org/
Events (non-exhaustive list)
SITS Salon international des traitements de surface et des revêtements (tous les deux ans) http://www.sits.com
Journées du nickel chimique (regroupant jusqu'à 20 conférences)
Electroless Nickel Conferences (aux USA)
Surface treatment specialists (including electroless nickel) (non-exhaustive list)
MacDermid Inc http://www.macdermid.com
MacDermid France [email protected]
Atotech http://www.atotech.com
...Various electroless nickel applications (non-exhaustive list)
Table 5 presents the main areas of electroless nickel applications, detailing the different materials that can be treated and the properties sought or harmful effects that can be avoided by this treatment.
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