PROCESS FOR ELECTROLESS DEPOSITION ON MAGNESIUM USING A NICKEL HYDRATE PLATING BATH

摘要

A plating process using an electroless plating bath formed from a single component solution used to effect nickel or nickel alloy plating on magnesium. The plating solution is provided with a nickel hydrate compound as a source of plating ions, a sodium hydrate compound and ammonium hydroxide. The bath solution is heated to a temperature of 50°C or more, and the substrate is immersed therein for upto ten minutes to allow for formation of the heating layer.