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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2021
Dowa Metaltech Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
DOWA METALTECH CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A silver-plated product having a higher hardness and more excellent wear resistance than those of conventional silver-plated products, and a method for producing the same. In a method for producing a silver-plated product by forming a surface layer of silver on a base material by electroplating at a current density in a silver-plating solution which is an aqueous solution containing silver potassium cyanide or silver cyanide, potassium cyanide or sodium cyanide, and a benzimidazole (such as 2-mercaptobenzmimidazole or 2-mercaptobenzimidazole sulfonic acid sodium salt dihydrate), the ratios of the concentrations of silver potassium cyanide or silver cyanide, potassium cyanide or sodium cyanide, and the imidazole to the current density during the silver-plating (or the ratios of the concentrations of silver potassium cyanide or silver cyanide and the imidazole to the current density during the silver plating, and the concentration of potassium cyanide or sodium cyanide) are set to be predetermined ranges, respectively.