US3563866A - Electrodeposition of nickel - Google Patents

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US3563866A
US3563866A US787271A US3563866DA US3563866A US 3563866 A US3563866 A US 3563866A US 787271 A US787271 A US 787271A US 3563866D A US3563866D A US 3563866DA US 3563866 A US3563866 A US 3563866A
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Norman C Adamowicz
Robert A Tremmel
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    • C25ELECTROLYTIC OR ELECTROPHORETIC PROCESSES; APPARATUS THEREFOR
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    • C25D3/00Electroplating: Baths therefor
    • C25D3/02Electroplating: Baths therefor from solutions
    • C25D3/12Electroplating: Baths therefor from solutions of nickel or cobalt

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  • the invention relates to the electrodeposition of nickel on a substrate to provide a finished product whose surface has a satin-like appearance, as well as having enhanced corrosion resistance properties.
  • satin-like appearance is meant that the deposits, rather than being fully bright and highly reflective, exhibit a soft, lustrous sheen with reduced reflectivity and gloss approaching a matte finish.
  • Plating baths providing such deposits are particularly useful for the plating of motor vehicle components to reduce reflective glare on the driver of the vehicle, as well as on the operators of other vehicles.
  • federal legislation has recently been enacted whereby certain components of military vehicles such as windshield moldings and Wiper arms and blades, rear view mirrors, mounting and trim hardware, etc., must not have a specular gloss rating beyond a stated maximum.
  • a plating bath capable of depositing uniform electrodeposits having a satin appearance with reduced reflectivity.
  • a second technique to obtain satin finishes previously used has been to add fine, bath insoluble powders to the nickel plating bath.
  • the particles are occluded in the otherwise smooth nickel deposits thereby providing an irregular surface having a lustrous, satin-like finish.
  • US. Patents 3,l52,97123 While such baths have provided outstanding results, there are certain disadvantages in using such baths. For example, it is not possible to filter these solutions without removal therefrom of the fine powders, and provisions must be made to continually agitate the baths to keep the particles dispersed.
  • An object of this invention is to provide a process for electro-depositing nickel having a satin-like appearance without the necessity of mechanical abrasion of the metal surface and without the use of fine insoluble particles in the plating bath. Another object is to provide nickel plating baths containing organic agents which make possible deposition therefrom of nickel electrodeposits having a uniform, satin finish of reduced reflectivity.
  • the present invention comprises the conjoint use of a polyalkylene glycol and a carboxy sulfonamide in a nickel plating bath of the usual composition to make possible deposition therefrom of electrodeposits having the satin appearance described above.
  • These baths are more easily controllable, provide uniform deposits, and obviate the problems associated with other techniques previously known for obtaining satin deposits.
  • the baths of the invention comprise a solution of certain organic addition agents to be more fully described below, in otherwise conventional nickel plating baths.
  • the compositions of conventional nickel plating baths are well known and include nickel salts, such as nickel chloride, sulfate, fluoborate, or sulfamate and usually contain a bufler such as boric acid.
  • a particularly useful bath is the well-known Watts Bath with a composition of from about 50 to 200 g./l. of nickel chloride, 50 to 300 g./l. of nickel sulfate, and 30 to 50 g./l. of boric acid.
  • the bath may also contain the usual wetting agents and/or anti-pitting agents.
  • the baths are generally operated at a pH range of 2 to 6 and a temperature of from. 60 to F.
  • the first class of these compounds is of the following formula:
  • CHOHzO R and R are the same or different and are H, CH or C H and n is an integer from 6 to 15 inclusive when X is CH CH O, and is from 5 to 11 when X is CH3 -(IJHCH2O'
  • the compounds described above are polyethylene glycols, polypropylene glycols, methoxy and ethoxy polyethylene glycols and methoxy and ethoxy polypropylene glycols having a molecular weight of from about 300 to about 700.
  • a preferred group of compounds for use in the baths of this invention are compounds described above having a molecular weight of from about 350 to 500.
  • glycol compounds of this invention are used in a concentration of from about 0.25 to 15 milligrams per liter, preferably 0.5 to 4 milligrams per liter of plating bath.
  • the polyethylene and methoxy polyethylene glycols are available from the Union Carbide Corporation under the trademark Carbowax.
  • the second class of compounds to be used in the plating baths of this invention is of the following formula:
  • par oxy enzene su onann e 12 " ⁇ Mtthoxy ptullyethylenenglycoht Lw. 750- 0. 30% Unacceptable dark recess parboxy enzeue su onami e 13 g, g g fiif d 1 Unacceptable, bright recess par oxy enzene s onami e l 14 th glycol, 350 0 0005 Acceptable, uniform; Satin like deposits 15 p-Carboxy benzene snlfonannde 1. 0 Do Polyethylene glycol, M W 409...- 0. 003 16 p-Carboxy benzene sulfonamide" 1. 5 D o.
  • sulfonamides are substituted benzene sulfonamides having as an essential requisite a carboxy group in the para position.
  • the preferred compound of this group is p-carboxy benzene sulfonamide, i.e., where n is zero in the above formula.
  • the sulfonamides are used in a concentration of from about 0.5 to about 5 grams per liter, preferably 1 to 3 grams per liter of plating bath.
  • An outstanding benefit of the baths of the invention is that satin deposits can be obtained that are uniform in appearance over the complete area of the part being plated. Because commercial parts have contours and therefore varying current densities are obtained during plating, it is very difficult to obtain uniform deposits. Thus, while the use of either of the addition agents of the invention alone, or in combination with a variety of other materials may produce deposits with reduced gloss, such deposits are not uniform and therefore unacceptable for commercial purposes. On the other hand, while it may be possible to obtain uniform deposits with such combinations, the deposits do not have the proper gloss, i.e., they are either too dull or they approach being fully bright, and therefore not acceptable for the purpose of this invention. It is only when the specific additives of the in vention are used in combination are deposits with the requisite properties obtained.
  • the baths of this invention may be used for the deposition of nickel with a satin-like appearance on a variety of basis materials.
  • the plating can be carried out directly on the basis metals such as steel, zinc die castings, or other metals, or the basis metal may be first plated with copper or a semi-bright nickel, or both.
  • plastic materials such as ABS or polypropylene, approximately made conductive by conventional techniques may be plated using the baths of this invention.
  • methyl polyethylene glycol sold as Carbowax 350 by Union Carbide Corp.
  • Five smaller steel panels were then plated under the same conditions as the prior panel. The deposits on all five panels were observed to be uniform, with a soft, satin-like appearance.
  • the panels were then chromium plated using a conventional chromium plating bath and then subjected to a specular gloss test in accordance with the widely accepted A'STM method for specular glass determination identified as ASTM Designation: D 523-62T, revised 1962. using a Gardner Glossmeter.
  • Deposition of the satin-nickel deposits of this invention is generally followed by chromium plating thereon, using any of the chromium plating baths well known to the art.
  • Such baths may comprise mixtures of chromic acid or chromic acid anhydride, or dichromates or polychromates with appropriate amounts of certain anions such as sulfate, fluoride, fluosilicate, etc.
  • An electroplating bath for the deposition of nickel comprising an aqueous acidic nickel salt solution containing therein a polyalkylene glycol of the formula:
  • R and R are the same or different and are H, CH or C H and n is an integer from 6 to 15 inclusive when X is --CII CH O, and is from 5 to 11 when X is CH 3H-oH20- and a carboxy sulfonamide of the formula:
  • said polyalkylene glycol has a molecular weight of from about 300 to about 700 and is present in a concentration of from about 0.25 to about 15 milligrams per liter of solution, and said carboxy sulfonamide is present in an amount of from about 0.5 to about 5 grams per liter of solution.
  • a method of electrodepositing nickel on a conductive substrate which comprises the step of electrodepositing nickel from an aqueous acid nickel plating bath containing dissolved therein a polyalkylene glycol of the formula:
  • X is -CH2CI'I20 0! CH3 -oHcH o R and R are the same or different and are H, CH
  • n is an integer from 6 to 15 inclusive when X is CH CH O, and is from 5 to 11 when X is l S OzNHz wherein R is CH C H OH; and n is an integer from 0 to 3 inclusive, said glycol and said sulfonamide each being present in an amount such that the combination is effective to produce a satin-like finish nickel electrodeposit.
  • said polyalkylene glycol has a molecular weight of from about 300 to about 700 and is present in a concentration of from about 0.25 to about 15 milligrams per liter of solution.
  • said polyalkylene glycol has a molecular weight of from about 300 to about 700 and is present in a concentration of from about 0.25 to about 15 milligrams per liter of solution and said carboxy sulfonamide is p-carboxy benzene sulfonamide and is present in an amount of from about 0.5 to about 5 grams per liter of solution.

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