Immersion zinc plating is an
electroless (non-
electrolytic)
coating process that deposits a thin layer of
zinc on a less
electronegative metal, by immersion in a solution containing a zinc or
zincate ions, . A typical use is plating
aluminum with zinc prior to
electrolytic or
electroless nickel plating.
Immersion zinc plating involves the
displacement of zinc from zincate by the underlying metal:
[
:3 + 2 Al → 3 Zn + 2 + 4 OH−
]
See also
* Electrogalvanization (electrolytic zinc coating)
* Immersion gold plating Electroless nickel immersion gold (ENIG or ENi/IAu), also known as immersion gold (Au), chemical Ni/Au or soft gold, is a metal plating process used in the manufacture of printed circuit boards (PCBs), to avoid oxidation and improve the solderabilit ...
* Immersion copper plating
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* Immersion silver plating
References
[Glenn O. Mallory, Juan B. Hajdu (1990), Electroless Plating: Fundamentals and Applications, American Electroplaters and Surface Finishers Society, , William Andrew Inc., {{ISBN, 0-936569-07-7]
Zinc
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