摘要 |
An aqueous autocatalytic electroless gold plating composition having improved stability and an excellent plating rate is provided which comprises about 0.002 to about 005M of a water-soluble alkali metal monovalent gold cyanide complex, about 0.01 to about 0.1M of a water-soluble cyanide compound, about 0.1 to about 1.0M of a carbonte compound, and about 0.01 to about 0.1M of a reducing agent selected from the group consisting of water soluble alkali metal borohydrides and water soluble amine boranes, the plating composition having a plating rate within the range of about 10 to about 14.
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