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High Activity Nickel

Thread starter HDS
Start date Jan 20, 2005

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Jan 20, 2005

HDS

Mechanical

This seems like the best forum for questions about plating.

I am getting some plastic parts chrome plated for automotive exterior applications. I am trying to understand the differences between just duplex nickel and adding a layer of “high activity nickel”. Is this similar in performance to microporous plating?