Re: Electroplating material ?

On Sun, 29 Jul 2007 08:08:21 +0000, Jasen Betts wrote:

On 2007-07-27, pawihte@xxxxxxxxx <pawihte@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Can anyone please answer this, and/or point me to a website
that gives some details ?

What is that yellowish finishing that is usually given to a
steel-based chassis for electronic products ? I assume that it is
electroplated on for rust protection and solderability.
Specifically, what is the plating material ? Tin ?

when I was working at a truck parts factory they called it gold
passivation, dunno if adjective or noun.

An adjective, probably. Zinc chromate has that color, and costs a lot
less than gold. About the only place you'd find metallic gold in a truck
is as plating on electrical contacts in embedded computers.
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