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Hard chrome plating on aluminum

Does anyone know if hard chrome plating can be directly done on aluminum? I understand that acidic solutions attack the material and that electroless nickel is a better alternative?

Can anyone clarify

Mohammed Sami
Plating - Dubai
2007

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Hi Mohammed. Guffie says it's very rare but can be done depending upon the aluminum alloy .

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I'm not sure the grounds upon which we should or shouldn't say that electroless nickel is a better alternative, but it's probably more common.

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Ted Mooney, P.E.
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September 2013

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