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Silver Plating for Magnesium Die Casting

Does anybody know of any issues with Silver Plating for Magnesium Die Casting. Thanks

Sorry, I don't know what you mean, Andy. Are you sort of implying that you presume it's a chip shot to plate silver onto magnesium? Nothing that involves plating is a chip shot unless you are a highly skilled and experienced electroplater. Or are you saying you already did it but now worry about potential long-term incompatibilities? Please try to give us some context because "any issues" isn't clear :-)

"Magnesium Finishing"
by Dow Chemical Co.

is sometimes available on
AbeBooks,
eBay, or
Amazon

... but if not, you can find libraries which have copies on WorldCat.org

(affil links)

The Dow Magnesium booklet, "Operations in Magnesium Finishing", 1990, contains several pages on electroplating on magnesium. If I am the only person in the world that has a copy then I am tired of sending out Xerox copies at my expense.

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