Electroplating process

摘要

A method for metal plating the surface of a nonconducting article. The method includes a step of passing a current between two electrodes immersed in an electrolyte containing dissolved plating metal. One of the electrodes is the article to be plated and is provided with a surface having areas of a catalytic metal chalcogenide conversion coating. The metal chalcogenide is of a metal that would be catalytic to electroless metal deposition.