Cyanide-free copper plating process

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C - Chemistry, Metallurgy

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C25D 3/38 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 1225064

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE A cyanide-free electrolyte and process for depositing a ductile, fine-grained, adherent copper plate usually of a thickness of about 0.015 to about 5 mils on ferrous-base, copper-base, zinc-base and the like conductive substrates. The electrolyte contains controlled effective amounts of cupric ions complexed with an organo-phosphonate chelating agent, an alkali carbonate as a bath stabilizing and buffering agent, hydroxyl ions to provide a pH on the alkaline side and preferably, a wetting agent. The copper plate is applied by electrolyzing the aforementioned electrolyte employing a combination of a bath soluble copper anode and an insoluble ferrite anode to provide a copper to ferrite anode surface area ratio within a range of about 1:2 to about 1:6. The invention further includes a process for depositing a ductile, fine-grained adherent copper plate on a conductive substrate employing an electrolyte containing controlled effective amounts of cupric ions, a complexing agent for the cupric ions, a bath stabilizing and buffering agent, and hydroxyl and/or hydrogen ions to provide a pH from about 6 to about 10.5 and electrolyzing the aforementioned electrolyte employing a combination of a bath soluble copper anode and an insoluble nickel-iron alloy anode containing about 10 percent to about 40 percent by weight iron and about 0.005 to about 0.06 percent sulfur to provide a copper anode area to nickel-iron alloy anode surface area ratio within a range of about 1:2 to about 4:1. The invention further contemplates a novel nickel-iron alloy anode for use in the practice of the disclosed process.

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