Morton Thiokol Inc.

Stephen C Davis

John B Davison

Gerald A Krulik

An electroless copper plating bath is improved so as to facilitate its regeneration in an electrodialysis cell. The bath includes elevated amounts of an added salt, preferably as Na salt. The elevated sodium ion level serves as additional counter-cation to hydroxyl ion which is produced at the cathode of the electrodialysis cell. The excess anion from the added salt increases the rate of out-migration of by-products, such as formate ions and sulfate ions, relative to hydroxyl ions through an anion permselective membrane.

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Long Beach, CA, United States of America

Stephen C Davis