Technical Paper
Investigation of Nickel-Cadmium-Diffused and Cadmium Plating Replacement Coatings
1992-04-01
920943
Environmental and health concerns have created the need for a replacement coating for cadmium and nickel-cadmium-diffused plating. Ion vapor deposition and other alternatives have been proposed, but do not provide all of the coating characteristics and properties obtained from nickel and nickel-cadmium-diffused coatings. ...Ion vapor deposition and other alternatives have been proposed, but do not provide all of the coating characteristics and properties obtained from nickel and nickel-cadmium-diffused coatings. ...Our company has instituted a search for replacement coatings. This paper documents the testing and investigation undertaken in the replacement coating program.