Colloidal palladium activator ; Pretreatment of electroless plating on plastics
FI-BPA1
FI-BPA1 is a colloidal palladium activator suitable for ABS direct electroplating and ABS / PC plastic electroless plating. It has high activity. Matched with electroless nickel plating, the palladium content used in the activation solution is very low (10-25mg / L) and the consumption is small. FI-BPA1 activator can form a uniform activation center on the plastic surface. The workpiece shall be directly put into the activation solution after pre immersion.
1.Bath composition and Operation condition
| Formula and Operation Condition | Range | Optimum |
| HCL | 200-300 ml/L | 250 ml/L |
| FI-BPA1 | 2-5 ml/L | 3 ml/L |
| SnCl2 | 1-3 g/L | 2 g/L |
| pH | 8-9 | 8.5 |
| Temperature | 25-40℃ | 30℃ |
| Time | 2-5 minutes | 3 minutes |
| Stir | Mechanical stirring | |
| Filter | 6 micron filter element for continuous filtration | |