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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 1980
Filed:
Jun. 07, 1977
Ishwar R Mansukhani, Neenah, WI (US);
Whittaker Corporation, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Abstract
In accordance with certain of its aspects, this invention relates to novel compositions and to the process for the plating of substrates by the jet printing of a metal or alloy which comprises continuously imprinting minute uniform droplets of a jet printing ink containing at least one soluble salt of at least one plate metal which is more noble than said basis metal, said jet printing ink exhibiting a viscosity at 68.degree. F. of between about 1.5 and 16 cps., said ink having a pH of between 0.5 and 9.5 and a specific resistivity of less than 10,000 ohm cm., onto a substrate, said droplets emitting from at least one ink jet electromagnetically energized to emit said droplets of ink at a rate of 8 to 150 kilohertz.