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1.1 This practice is a guide to the surface preparation of plastic materials for decorative and functional electroplating, where the sequence of chemical treatments may include: cleaning, conditioning, etching, neutralizing, catalyzing, accelerating, and autocatalytic metal deposition. Surface preparation also includes electrodeposition of metallic strike coatings immediately after autocatalytic metal deposition. These treatments result in the deposition of thin conductive metal films on the surface of molded-plastic materials, and are described in this practice.

1.2 Once molded-plastics materials have been made conductive, they may be electroplated with a metal or combination of metals in conventional electroplating solutions. The electroplating solutions and their use are beyond the scope of this practice.

1.3 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as the standard. The values given in parentheses are for information only.

1.4 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. (See Section 4.)

Keywords

Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS); Electroplated coatings-plastic; Electroplated plast; Molding/extrusion compounds/materials; Plast (general); Polycarbonate (PC); Polyester plast; Polypropylene (PP); Specimen preparation (general)-electroplating; Surface preparation; preparation-plast materials for electroplating, practice,; Polysulfone plast; preparation-plast materials for electroplating, practice,;Order Form

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02.05 (Metallic and Inorganic Coatings; Metal Powders and Metal Powder Products)

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