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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1996
Filed:
Feb. 28, 1995
Syuji Kiyama, Okayama, JP;
Osamu Shin, Okayama, JP;
Kaoru Mizumoto, Okayama, JP;
Takashi Sekita, Okayama, JP;
Hiroshi Ogaki, Okayama, JP;
Akio Sakurai, Okayama, JP;
Takao Ikenaga, Okayama, JP;
Ichiro Tanokuchi, Okayama, JP;
Naoki Sakai, Okayama, JP;
Kawasaki Steel Corporation, Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for continuously dissolving metal powder for use in plating includes a dissolving tank for dissolving metal powder for used in plating solution in a solvent, a filter for separating the solution containing undissolved residue into an undissolved residue and a filtrate, a recovery tank of the filtrate, and a plating solution storing tank for supplying recovered filtrate to a plating tank. The filter is a porous substance having a plurality of liquid passages in the axial direction thereof, and the filter is provided with a circuit for returning a liquid solution containing the undissolved residue passed through the passages to the dissolving tank and a pipeline for leading the filtrate to the recovery tank. A method of dissolving a nickel metal, which has a specific surface of 0.003 m.sup.2 /g or more, is dissolved with the use of the above-described apparatus.