摘要 |
<p>It is known to coat plastics materials, especially thermoplastics such as ABS, with metal by electrodeposition, typically with chromium on top of nickel. Conventional methods are often unsatisfactory when applied to thermosetting resin-based articles, the metal coating peeling or flaking off when the articles are subjected to repeated changes in temperature. It has now been found that copper or nickel coatings adhere well to surfaces, prepared in a conventional manner, of thermosetting plastics as well as of thermoplasts, provided that the coatings are electrodeposited in a manner such that they have an average stress in tension of at least 2,000 kg./sq. cm.</p> |