US3770630A - Treatment of electroless process and stripping solutions - Google Patents

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US3770630A
US3770630A US00177421A US3770630DA US3770630A US 3770630 A US3770630 A US 3770630A US 00177421 A US00177421 A US 00177421A US 3770630D A US3770630D A US 3770630DA US 3770630 A US3770630 A US 3770630A
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  • the solution is then allowed to settle and is decanted with less than one mg./l. of dissolved metal content, and with precipitated solid metal waste being thus removed. Subsequently, the thus treated solution may be recirculated and if necessary, further conditioned for its particular use and then employed in an applicable rinsing operation. On the other hand, if desired, it can be discharged as a substantially non-toxic waste solution.
  • This invention relates to an integrated or batch treatment of a used electroless process solution for substantially eliminating its dissolved metal content and particularly, to a treatment which will enable such a solution to be either discarded as non-toxic waste to the environment or to be recirculated and used in accomplishing workpiece washing or rinsing.
  • Copper, nickel, cobalt are typical electroless plating metals that have been used as a base coating or layer on a workpiece to provide corrosion resistance. They represent the basis for a smooth and bright deposit, such as for a thin final chromium plated deposit, that may serve principally to protect the workpiece against surface oxidation and tarnish.
  • the practice has been in electroplating to reduce the applicable metal on a workpiece employed as a cathode by providing the metal in ionic form, such as is easily available from an acid solution of the metal, or from its cyanide complex. In accordance with this procedure, the anion is reduced by hydrogen to yield the desired metal ion and deposit it on the cathode surface.
  • a recent trend in the technology has as its aim the deposition of such a representative metal from a neutral or slightly acid solution on a workpiece of a specially prepared plastic or glass or other non-conducting base material. This necessitates at least applying the initial metallic deposit by means of a non-electrolytic process for rendering the surface conductive to make a subsequent electro depositing operation possible.
  • a reducing agent such as formaldehyde, boron hydride, hypophosphite, etc., is used to reduce the metal 'ice from its salt or salts, as dissolved in the deposition solution, to a metallic form.
  • Such a process generically has been termed making use of an electroless plating solution.
  • the basic make-up of the two is somewhat similar. That is, disregarding the respective use of reducing or oxidizing agents and other additives to enhance the particular characteristics and performance of each type of solution, the basic makeup of both types of solutions employs solubilizing agents (chelating agents) for metal salts, such as of copper, nickel, cobalt. Chelating agents are used where the metal salts in an alkaline or slightly acidic solution would otherwise precipitate as insoluble hydroxides, carbonates or oxides of the particular metals.
  • Solubilizing or chelating agents capable of such use are varied and extend from the simplest form as represented by ammonia and phosphates, to an array of organic amine complexes, such as aryl-, alkyl-amines, polyphosphates, organo-phosphate compounds; organic acids such as citric, acetic, boric and tartaric; a variety of hydroxyacetic and hydroxycarboxylic acids and their salts; and finally, a combination of organic acids with the amines.
  • organic acids such as citric, acetic, boric and tartaric
  • organic acids such as citric, acetic, boric and tartaric
  • a variety of hydroxyacetic and hydroxycarboxylic acids and their salts and finally, a combination of organic acids with the amines.
  • complexing agents such as ethylene diamine tetra acetic acid (EDTA), and nitrilo tetra acetic acid (NTA) or their salts.
  • the usual requirement is to in some manner reduce the nickel or copper content of the waste solution to a one mg./1. level or less. This clearly was not obtained and could not be obtained by the above approaches.
  • Another object has been to develop a process for after conditioning or treating electroless plating and metal stripping solutions to organically effect a separating-out of substantially the full dissolved metal content, in order that the solution can be reused for rinsing or discarded without adverse results.
  • a further object of the invention has been to devise chemical means and operating conditions for effectively removing objectionable soluble metal content in a previously used aqueous solution formulated for electroless plating or metal stripping of a workpiece.
  • the process has also been found to be well suited for the treatment of a discarded electroless treating solution that has outlived its usefulness, and that may contain a soluble metal concentration within a range of about 3 to 8 g./l. It was found to be equally suitable for treating a discarded metal stripping solution containing metals in a concentration of up to about 50 to 60 g./l. In the latter case, the treatment procedure is effected by firstwaterdiluting the waste until its soluble metal content is reduced to a range of about 3 to g./l.
  • a process solu 4 tion can be made up containing an alkalinity and maintained within a pH range of about 5 to 9, with a sodium hydrosulfite concentration of about 50 to 500 mg./l. Higher concentrations of the sodium hydrosulfite were not found to be harmful.
  • the above thus-prepared process solution can be used as an integrated treatment wash or rinse following an electroless plating or metal stripping process for the removal of the toxic metal containing chemical film carried-over on the workpiece.
  • the wash solution is then taken-off for treatment from the washing bath or tank (see the tank C of the in-line operation represented by Lancy U.S. Pat. No. 2,725,314).
  • the precipitation treatment of the takenoff solution can then be effected in a separate tank or reservoir (see the reservoir E of the reference patent) and the precipitate removed before the solution is rechan neled and reused, or is discarded by running it into a sewer, for example.
  • wash solution taken-off from the reservoir is to be recirculated for reuse, it is provided with the desired alkalinity by adding alkaline metal hydroxide (hydride) or carbonate, and by adding the sodium hydrosulfite in proportion to the consumption thereof that is involved. It is important to maintain an excess quantity (above about 50 mg./l.) of sodium hydrosulfite and thus, the effectiveness of the reducing condition.
  • a typical treatment system may employ a batch dumping of the process solution from either an electroless plating solution or metal workpiece stripping treatment. This involves first acidfying the solution to preferably a pH of about 5 and if highly alkaline in nature, to at least reduce the pH to about 8 or 9. Secondly, the batch waste solution should be diluted so that its metal content concentration is not more than 5 g./l. Thirdly, the solution should be heated to at least and preferably or as an optimum to about or higher.
  • alkalinity is added along with an excess (above a stoichiometric amount) of sodium hydrosulfite so as to provide the solution with an excess of the latter of at least about 50 mg./l., but as an optimum higher, and up to about 500 mg./l.
  • the solution is then allowed to settle and the treated liquid is decanted, resulting in a content of less than one mg./l. of dissolved metal.
  • the solid waste is removed and discarded which, of course, is insoluble and thus suitable for solid waste disposal.
  • the same process may be used for a chemical treatment rinse or for an integrated and recirculated treatment wash solution, with the described chemical conditions being maintained by either adding alkalinity to provide the desired higher pH after an acidic treating process or for an acidic solution.
  • An alkali metal salt such as calcium chloride will tend to precipitate and thereby reduce the pH; it can be used while maintaining the reducing conditions through continuous or intermediate hydrosulfite additions to maintain in the necessary excess.
  • a waste rinsing, electroless process or a metal stripping solution containing metals dissolved therein of the class consisting of copper, nickel and cobalt that are in the form of stable complexes due to the presence of a solubilizing complexing agent in the nature of a chelating agent and thus are difficult to precipitate out the steps of first providing the solution wtih a slightly acid to slightly alkaline pH within a maximum of about 9, adding water to the solution as may be required to assure a dilute soluble metal content concentration of not more than a maximum of about 5 g./l.

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US4083915A (en) * 1975-11-20 1978-04-11 Kennecott Copper Corporation Cobalt stripping process
US4200526A (en) * 1978-03-06 1980-04-29 Gerber Products Company Process for treating waste water
US4260493A (en) * 1979-05-21 1981-04-07 Shipley Company, Inc. Solution waste treatment
US4420401A (en) * 1979-05-21 1983-12-13 Shipley Company Inc. Solution waste treatment
US4670244A (en) * 1984-10-15 1987-06-02 Hoechst Aktiengesellschaft Process for reducing metal ions in aqueous solutions
US4789484A (en) * 1988-02-22 1988-12-06 Occidental Chemical Corporation Treatment of electroless nickel plating baths
US5006262A (en) * 1989-11-21 1991-04-09 Met. Rev. Inc. Process for recovering copper from copper ion containing aqueous solutions
US5354458A (en) * 1990-07-11 1994-10-11 International Environmental Systems, Inc., Usa Sequencing batch liquid treatment
US5462670A (en) * 1991-04-08 1995-10-31 Romar Technologies, Inc. Process for removing oils and greases from aqueous solution
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