Henry Brown - king of the additives

It is true to say that additives for electroplating were discovered and not invented and largely by accident through acute observation. The first additive was noted in the mid 1840s soon after commercial electrodeposition was established and is believed to be carbon disulphide for cyanide silver pla...

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Published inTransactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing Vol. 89; no. 6; p. 283
Main Author Gabe, D R
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Taylor & Francis 01.11.2011
Subjects
Carbon
Disulfides
Electrodeposition
Electroplating
Metal finishing
Nickel
Silver plating
Stability
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Summary:It is true to say that additives for electroplating were discovered and not invented and largely by accident through acute observation. The first additive was noted in the mid 1840s soon after commercial electrodeposition was established and is believed to be carbon disulphide for cyanide silver plating. Thereafter a number were in use for copper, cadmium etc but interestingly never mentioned when Professor Watts was asked to optimise acid sulphate nickel in the 1910s, cathode efficiency and solution stability being much more important.
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ISSN:0020-2967
1745-9192
DOI:10.1179/174591910X12652158207112