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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
W. C. Heraeus GmbH, Hanau, DE;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D / ; C25D / ; C09D / ; C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
205238 ; 205252 ; 205253 ; 205254 ; 106123 ; 106126 ;
Abstract
Silver-tin alloys can be deposited by the galvanic method from a cyanide-free bath which is prepared using silver as the nitrate or diammine complex, tin as the soluble tin(II) or tin(IV) compound and mercaptoalkane-carboxylic acids and -sulfonic acids, Uniform and adhering coatings of silver-tin alloys with a silver content of approximately 20 to 99 weight % can be deposited from said bath. Silver-tin alloys are electrodeposited from said bath at a pH of 0 to 14 and a current density of 0.1 to 10 A/dm.sup.2.