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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2014
Applicant:
Macdermid Enthone Inc., Waterbury, CT (US);
Inventor:
Helmut Horsthemke, Solingen, DE;
Assignee:
MacDermid Enthone Inc., Waterbury, CT (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 18/16 (2006.01); C23C 18/31 (2006.01); C23C 18/34 (2006.01); C23C 18/36 (2006.01); C23C 18/40 (2006.01); C23C 18/44 (2006.01); C23C 18/52 (2006.01); C25D 3/02 (2006.01); C25D 3/10 (2006.01); C25D 3/12 (2006.01); C25D 3/20 (2006.01); C25D 3/22 (2006.01); C25D 3/26 (2006.01); C25D 3/32 (2006.01); C25D 3/38 (2006.01); C25D 3/46 (2006.01); C25D 3/48 (2006.01); C25D 3/52 (2006.01); C25D 3/54 (2006.01); C25D 21/12 (2006.01); C07C 317/04 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D 3/10 (2013.01); C07C 317/04 (2013.01); C23C 18/1675 (2013.01); C23C 18/31 (2013.01); C23C 18/36 (2013.01); C25D 3/02 (2013.01); C25D 21/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
An aqueous electrolyte for the deposition of a metal layer on a substrate surface as well as a method for the deposition of a metal layer on a substrate surface by which electrolyte and in which method the formation of airborne emissions above the surface of the electrolyte in a plating tank is significantly reduced or more preferably omitted. The aqueous electrolyte composition according to the invention comprises at least one surfactant in a concentration affecting a dynamic surface tension of the composition of ≤35 mN/m.