| Plating Solutions | Nylon | Polypropyl ene | PVDF (Kynar®) | Polyethyl ene | Stainless
Steel 316 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antimony Plating 130° F | D | A | A | – | A |
| Arsenic Plating 110° F | A | A | A | – | A |
| Brass Plating: | |||||
| Regular
Brass Bath 100° F | A | A | B | B | A |
| High-Speed Brass Bath 110° F | A | A | B | B | A |
| Bronze Plating: | |||||
| Cu-Cd Bronze Bath R.T. | A | A | A | – | A |
| Cu-Sn
Bronze Bath 160° F | A | A |
A | – | A |
| Cu-Zn
Bronze Bath 100° F | A | A | A | – | A |
| Cadmium Plating: | |||||
| Cyanide Bath 90° F | A | A | A | – | A |
| Fluoborate Bath 100° F | D | A | A | – | A |
| Chromium Plating: | |||||
| Barrel
Chrome Bath 95° F | D | A | C | – | D |
| Black
Chrome Bath 115° F | D | A | C | – | C |
| Chromic-Sulfuric Bath 130° F | D | A | C | – | C |
| Fluoride Bath 130° F | D | A | C | – | D |
| Copper Plating (Cyanide): | |||||
| Copper
Strike Bath 120° F | A | A | B | – | A |
| High-Speed Bath 180° F | A | A | A | – | A |
| Rochelle
Salt Bath 150° F | A | A | A | – | A |
| Copper Plating (Acid): | |||||
| Copper Fluoborate Bath 120° F | D | A | A | – | D |
| Copper Sulfate Bath R.T. | D | A | A | – | D |
| Copper Plating (Misc.): | |||||
| Copper Pyrophosphate | A | A | A | – | A |
| Copper (Electroless) | A | A | A | – | – |
| Gold Plating: | |||||
| Acid 75° F | A | A | – | – | C |
| Cyanide 150° F | A | A | – | – | A |
| Neutral 75° F | A | A | – | – | C |
| Indium Sulfamate Plating R.T. | D | A | – | – | C |
| Iron Plating: | |||||
| Ferrous Am Sulfate Bath 150° F | D | A | – | – | C |
| Ferrous Sulfate Bath 150° F | D | A | – | – | C |
| Fluoborate Bath 145° F | D | A | – | – | D |
| Sulfamate 140° F | D | A | – | – | D |
| Sulfate-Chloride Bath 160° F | D | A | – | – | D |
| Lead Fluoborate Plating | D | A | – | – | C |
| Nickel Plating: | |||||
| Fluoborate 100-170° F | D | A | – | – | C |
| High-Chloride 130-160° F | D | A | – | – | C |
| Sulfamate 100-140° F | A | A | – | – | C |
| Watts Type 115-160° F | A | A | – | – | C |
| Rhodium Plating 120° F | D | A | – | – | D |
| Silver Plating 80-120° F | A | A | – | – | A |
| Tin-Fluoborate Plating 100° F | D | A | – | – | C |
| Tin-Lead Plating 100° F | D | A | – | – | C |
| Zinc Plating: | |||||
| Acid Chloride 140° F | D | A | – | – | D |
| Acid Fluoborate Bath R.T. | D | A | – | – | C |
| Acid Sulfate Bath 150° F | D | A | – | – | C |
| Alkaline Cyanide Bath R.T. | A | A | – | – | A |
| A dash – indicates that information is currently unavailable |
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