A review of recent patents on trivalent chromium plating

Recent Patents on Materials Science

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 50-57

  Zeng, Zhixiang ^a,b   Liang, Aiming ^a,b   Zhang, Junyan ^a  

^a LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Anodic materials; Brightener; Ligand; Trivalent cr plating

Indexed keywords

ANODIC OXIDATION; BLACK COATINGS; COATINGS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; LIGANDS; PATENTS AND INVENTIONS; PLATING;

ANODIC MATERIALS; BRIGHTENER; DISCHARGE MECHANISMS; MATERIAL SYSTEMS; MATRIX COATING; TRIVALENT CHROMIUM; TRIVALENT CR; TRIVALENT CR PLATINGS;

CHROMIUM PLATING;

EID: 67649536079     PISSN: 18744648     EISSN: 18744656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1874464810902010050     Document Type: Review

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