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IMMERSION SILVER

We wish to know about process to silver copper by immersion silver process without using the conventional cyanide process. Help formulations, process etc will be highly appreciated.

Vikram Dogra
Irusha India - Chandigarh, India
2002

AgNO3(0.042mol) + Ammonium carbonate (0.12mol) + Ammonium water(3.75mol) in 100mL of water.

You can scale up with this formulation.

Before plating, you had better cleaning and soft etching of copper surface.

Gyu-Sik KIM
- South KOREA
2002

Dear Mr. KIM,

Thanks for your help.

REGARDS,

VIKRAM
- INDIA
2002

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