Abstract:
IN ACCORDANCE WITH CERTAIN OF ITS ASPECTS, THIS INVENTION RELATES TO A NOVEL PROCESS AND TO NOVEL COMPOSITIONS USEFUL FOR ELECTRODEPOSITING NICKEL, SAID COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING COMPOUNDS HAVING THE FORMULA:
R1-C(-R2)(-R3)-COO-R-SO3-M
WHEREIN R1, R2 AND R3 ARE EACH ALKYL GROUPS, R IS A HYDROCARBON-DI-YL GROUP CONTAINING AT LEAST 2 CARBON ATOMS, AND M IS A CATION.
Abstract:
THE NOVEL PROCESS OF THIS INVENTION FOR ELECTROPLATING A SEMI-BRIGHT SUFLUR-FREE, NICKEL PLATE ONTO A BASIS METAL COMPRISING PASSING FROM AN ANODE TO A BASIS METAL CATHODE THROUGH AN AQUEOUS ACIDIC NICKEL PLATING SOLUTION CONTAINING AT LEAST ONE NICKEL COMPOUND PROVIDING NICKEL IONS FOR ELECTROPLATING OF NICKEL, AND INCLUDING AS COOPERATING SEMI-BRIGHT ADDITIVES: (A) THE ALIPHATIC ACETYLENIC COMPOUND 3-HEXYNE-2,5-DIOL, AND (B) A COMPOUND CONTAINING AN OXYAMEGASULFOHYDROCARBON-DI-YL COUMARIN ANION WHEREIN THE HYDROCARBON-DI-YL MOIETY CONTAINS AT LEAST TWO CARBON ATOMS AND WHEREIN THE OXYOMEGASULFOHYDROCARBON-DI-YL GROUP IS SUBSTITUTED ON THE CARBOCYLIC NUCLEUS OF THE COUMARIN GROUP.
Abstract:
IN ACCORDANCE WITH CERTAIN OF ITS ASPECTS, THIS INVENTION RELATES TO NOVEL COMPOSITIONS AND TO AN IMPLROVED PROCESS FOR ELECTROPLATING BRIGHT NICKEL WHICH COMPRISES ELECTRODEPOSITING NICKEL FROM AN AQUEOUS NICKEL-CONTAINING ELECTROPLATING BATH WHICH CONTAINS (A) A FIRST PRIMARY BRIGHTENER, (B) A SECONDARY BRIGHTENER, AND (C) AS AN ADDITIONAL COOPERATING PRIMARY BRIGHTENER, A NITROGEN-HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUND OF THE FORMULA:
(A-(RING(-R*)A)-(R)B-)X-RING(-R*)A-A WHERE A IS ATTACHED
TO N
WHEREIN EACH
RING
IS INDEPENDENTLY A PYRIDINE, QUINOOLINE OR ISOQUINOLINE NUCLEUS; EACH A IS AN INTEGER 0-6; EACH A IS INDEPENDENTLY OXYGEN (O) OR THE GROUP -OR''SO3M WHEREIN R'' IS A DIVALENT HYDROCARBON GROUP OF 1-12 CARBON ATOMS AND M IS HYDROGEN, A NITROGEN ATOM, OR A BATH-COMPATIBLE METAL CATION; R IS A DIVALENT GROUP CONTAINING 1-12 CARBON ATOMS; B AND X ARE INTEGERS 0-1; A IS
-OR''SO3M
WHEN X=0; AND R* IS A SUBSTITUENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKYL, HYDROXYALKYL, HALOGEN, ALKOXY, CARBOXYL, CARBALKOXY, ACETYL, SULFO, CARBOXAMIDE, CYANO, ARALKYL, ALKARYL, AND ARYL; ALL UNSUBSTITUTED CARBON ATOMS ARE BONDED TO HYDROGEN ATOMS; AND WHEN X=0 AND A IS - OR''SO3M, (D) A SECONDARY AUXILIARY BRIGHTENER.
(2) AN ORGANIC HYDROXY-SULFONATE COMPOUND OF THE FORMULA:
(R-CH(-OH)-SO3(-))K M
WHEREIN M IS A CATION HAVING A VALENCE OF 1-2; K IS AN INTEGER 1-2 CORRESPONDING TO THE VALENCE OF M; AND R IS HYDROGEN OR A MONOVALENT ALIPHATIC GROUP OF 1-16 CARBON ATOMS; FOR A TIME PERIOD SUFFICIENT TO FORM A SOUND METAL ELECTROPLATE UPON SAID CATHODE SURFACE. IN ACCORDANCE WITH CERTAIN OF ITS ASPECTS, THIS INVENTION RELATES TO A PROCESS FOR THE PREPARATION OF AN ELECTRODEPOSIT WHICH CONTAINS AT LEAST ONE METAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NICKEL AND COBALT WHICH COMPRISES PASSING CURRENT FROM AN ANODE TO A CATHODE THROUGH AN AQUEOUS PLATING SOLUTION CONTAINING A MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF COBALT COMPOUNDS AND NICKEL COMPOUNDS PROVIDING COBALT OR NICKEL IONS FOR ELECTRODEPOSITING COBALT OR NICKEL AND CONTAINING IN COMBINATION AN EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF: (1) AT LEAST ONE MEMBER SELECTED FROM THE GROUP OF COOPERATING ADDITIVES CONSISTING OF:
Abstract:
This invention is directed to N-2,3-dibromopropenyl pyridinium salts which find use in nickel electroplating baths and processes. The present invention relates to novel compositions of matter and to improved nickel electroplating baths and processes.
Abstract:
IN ACCORDANCE WITH CERTAIN OF ITS ASPECTS, THE NOVEL PROCESS OF THIS INVENTION FOR ELECTROPLATING NICKEL MAY COMPRISE ELECTRODEPOSITING NICKEL FROM AN AQUEOUS NICKEL ELECTROPLATING BATH CONTAINING (A) AS A FIRST PRIMARY BRIGHTENER AN EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF A WATER-SOLUBLE ACETYLENIC COMPOUND, AND (B) AS A SECOND PROMARY BRIGHTENER, AN EFFECTIVE AMOUNT OF A COMPOUND HAVING AS CATION:
A-CH2-(+)N WHEREIN
N IS A PYRIDINE, QUINOLINE, OR ISOQUINOLINE NUCLEUS; A IS 0-5; A IS-CX=CHX OR C$CH; X IS AN ACTIVE HALIDE; AND R* IS A SUBSTITUTENT SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF ALKYL, PREFERABLY HAVING 1-4 CARBON ATOMS, HYDROXY-ALKYL PREFERABLY HAVING 1-4 CARBON ATOMS, HALOGEN, ALKOXY, CARBOXYL, CARBALKOXY, ACETYL, BENZYL, SULFO, CARBOXAMIDO, AND CYANO.
Abstract:
This invention relates to the electrodeposition of tin-lead alloys; tin-lead alloy plating compositions, tin-lead alloy plating baths; and to processes for the electrodeposition of tinlead alloys in the presence of at least one polyether surfactant and at least one aryl hydroxy (-OH) compound as cooperating additives.