OPTIMIZATION OF THE STAGE OF ETCHING IN T HE PROCESS OF COPPER ELECTRODEPOSITION ON PIECES OF ABS (ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE)

Citation
X. Colom et al., OPTIMIZATION OF THE STAGE OF ETCHING IN T HE PROCESS OF COPPER ELECTRODEPOSITION ON PIECES OF ABS (ACRYLONITRILE-BUTADIENE-STYRENE), Afinidad, 54(471), 1997, pp. 377-381
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry
Journal title
ISSN journal
00019704
Volume
54
Issue
471
Year of publication
1997
Pages
377 - 381
Database
ISI
SICI code
0001-9704(1997)54:471<377:OOTSOE>2.0.ZU;2-M
Abstract
This paper describes how the stage of etching has been optimitzed as e ssential stage of the electrodeposition process of Cu on pieces of ABS . Acids oxidiziers (nitric acid, sulphuric acid, perchloric acid and c hromic acid) have been used and the pieces of ABS have been submitted to different concentrations, temperatures, periods of exposition and t o the presence of a surface active agent that reduces the superficial tension of the bath and improves the impregnabilitie. In all cases, it has been seen that concentration and temperature improve the yield, a lthough in some cases they provoke a deterioration of the mechanical p roperties. In most cases the optimum treatment time is 12 minutes. The presence of a surface active agent always improves the yield.