9. Other plastics
The most metallized plastic to date is ABS copolymer, due to its properties of mechanical strength, cohesion, thermal resistance, contraction... and its suitability for the process (process reliability and reproducibility). These polymers account for half of all plastics processed by electroplating. Currently, the grades on the market have good moldability and metallizability. Other plastics possess only some of these characteristics, and are sometimes more difficult to metallize, particularly on industrial lines.
9.1 Plastics most frequently used for electroplating: ABS/PC, PP
Other materials are metallized industrially, such as ABS copolymers reinforced with polycarbonate (ABS/PC) or polypropylenes (PP).
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Standards
- Standard practice for qualitative adhesion testing of metallic coatings. - ASTM B 571-97 - (1997)
- Metallic coatings – Electroplated coatings of nickel plus chromium on plastics materials. - UNI ISO 4525 - (2003)
- Peel Strength of metal Electroplated Plastics. - ASTM B 533-85 - (2004)
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SEVESO II: Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major-accident hazards involving dangerous substances.
Fiches toxicologiques INRS n° 1 – édition 2007 : Le trioxyde chrome, Cahiers de notes documentaires n° 130, 1 er trimestre 1988.
Arrêté du 30.06.2006 relatif aux ateliers de traitement de surface (JO du 5 septembre 2006)....
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