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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 08, 1981
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
Constantine I Courduvelis, Orange, CT (US);
Assignee:
Enthone, Incorporated, West Haven, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
204130 ; 204106 ;
Abstract
A method is provided for selective removal of copper contaminants from aqueous activator solutions which also contain palladium and tin. It comprises placement of insoluble electrodes in the aqeuous solution and application of a low voltage, preferably ranging from between 0.05 to 5.0 volts across the electrodes, whereby metallic copper is selectively deposited upon the cathode, with palladium and tin remaining in the aqueous solutions. Typically, the soluble copper ions are present as contaminants in activator solutions utilized in various electroless metal plating processes.