Metals & Chemicals

Metal finishing can be categorized as electroplating, brush metal finishing, metal blackening, black oxide, corrosion inhibitors, antiquing and oxidizing, metal cleaners, metal bright dips, surface preparations, chromate conversion, phosphate finishes, waste treatment chemicals. Electroplating is achieved by passing an electric current through a solution containing dissolved metal ions and the metal object to be plated. Electro less plating is the chemical deposition of a metal coating onto an object using chemical reactions rather than electricity. Dip coatings are applied primarily to iron and steel to protect the base metal from corroding. Chicago metal finishing chemicals serves industries like automotive, agriculture, office furniture, appliance, off-road, coil coating, lawn & garden, aerospace, outdoor furniture, lighting, industrial racking, bearings, remanufacturing, custom coaters, air distribution, recreational, military, plating, medical equipment, and processing equ...

Electroplating means deposition of a thin layer of metal to a work piece using an electrolytic process. Electroplating is useful in automotive industry for chrome plating and in electronic industry for optics and sensors. The purpose of electroplating is - appearance, protection, special surface properties and engineering or mechanical properties. All the electroplating finishes are of extremely high quality. Zinc plating, nickel plating, chrome plating and copper plating are just a few examples of CA metal plating chemicals. Nickel coatings have a decorative appearance, corrosion protection, ferromagnetism properties, and wear resistant. The properties of tin coatings are - good appearance, solder ability, nontoxic, corrosion protection, and low friction. The applications of electroplated tin alloys are electronics, semiconductors, food containers, packages, and engine applications. The applications of hard chromium electroplating are industrial rolls, plastic molds, cutting tools,...

One of the advantages of gold plating is that the electroplated coatings do not have pores as gilded coatings do. This has longer lifespan and is corrosion resistance. Gold plating can be used in electronics or in ornamental purposes. It has many benefits - changes from yellow to orange color, good corrosion resistance, high tarnish resistance, low contact resistance, low electrical resistance and excellent solder ability. Gold plated items are first plated with nickel, which provides added abrasion resistance and certain other benefits. Gold is soluble in solder. Solder which contains more than 5 percent gold can become weak. The joint surface has a dull finish.

Nickel has an atomic number of 28. It has 28 protons. The atomic weight of nickel is 58.69, and the chemical symbol is Ni. Nickel is magnetic and does not rust very easily. Nickel is a silver white metal. It is used for many industries like electronics, electroforming and automotive markets. Various benefits of nickel include wear resistance, lubricity, tarnish protection, decorative appearance, surface hardness and corrosion protection. Nickel which is used for engineering purposes is often smooth and dull grey in appearance. These nickel deposits are used for wear resistance, hardness, lubricity and magnetic purposes. Nickel plating chemicals and electro less nickel plating chemicals are available in bright, ultra bright and semi bright. Some products that have nickel in it are rechargeable batteries, coins, welding rods and wires, electronic or computer equipment, and pigments for paints or ceramics, jewellery, kitchen tools and coins. The largest use of nickel is to cast iron a...

Brass plating has a decorative finish. Bright decorative brass finishes are used in wire woods, decorative lamps, furniture hardware and builder's hardware. Brass plating can be used for the following finishes, polished brass, satin brass and antique brass. Heavy brass deposits are used for finishes that will be buffed, burnished, antiqued or oxidized. It is a low temperature process operating at 105 degree Fahrenheit and can be used in both rack and barrel operations. It is a single additive process with excellent throwing power that produces a lustrous, highly desirable yellow-green, 70/30 brass color. Flashing over nickel plating produces a super bright brass finish. The copper and zinc plate together in a uniform alloy composition over a wider current density and temperature range, thereby helping to reduce rejects due to poor color, non-uniformity and poorly oxidized finishes.

Plating and anodizing chemicals include metal salts, anode materials, and other consumables for the electro deposition or electroplating of metal films. Electrodeposition is a process that deposits a metal at cathode from a solution of its ions. It places a substrate in a vessel of metallic salt solution and passes an electric current through the container. For electroplating application, plating and anodizing chemicals include the electrode that is to be plated, a plating anode to complete the circuit, an electrolyte that contains metal ions to be deposited, and a direct current source. Plating and anodizing chemicals and its supplies are used in electroplating, electroless plating, metal spraying, electrophoretic and vacuum metallization processes. Electroplating will place the substrate in a jug of metallic salt solution and passes a current through the container. Whereas electroless plating use a water-based reducing agent devoid of an external electrical source. ...