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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 14, 2022
Earth Science Laboratories, Inc., Rogers, AR (US);
Nam Tran, Crystal, MN (US);
John A. Hatten, Jr., Rogers, AR (US);
Reid Henry Bowman, Kihei, HI (US);
Jeffrey Alan Keiser, Rogers, AR (US);
David Hammond, Greenbrae, CA (US);
Freddie L. Singleton, Fruit Cove, FL (US);
David Nicholas, Gulf Breeze, FL (US);
EARTH SCIENCE LABORATORIES, INC., Rogers, AR (US);
Abstract
Described herein are methods of applying metals to substrates, where the methods include contacting the substrate with an aqueous metal plating composition comprising polyammonium bisulfate ('PABS') and a dissolved metal or salt thereof. The methods allow application of metals to the substrate without need for electrical energy input or for an added chemical catalyst, chelating agent, complexing agent, reducing agent, stabilizer, or pH-modifying (or controlling) chemical compound.