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Past and future of passivates

When you think of a passivate (or chromate as they used to be), what comes to mind? For some it’s a deep orange-yellow hex-chrome tank where in goes a brilliant, metallic finish and out comes a beautiful iridescent yellow or ...

Finishing technologies
June 13, 2022

Hexavalent vs Trivalent Chromium

Chromium readily comes to mind when we think of things that shine. We know of course that not all that shines is chrome. Chrome is applied by an electroplating process and depending on the chemistry of the plating bath, we ca...

Finishing technologies
June 10, 2022

Why are your testing results inconsistent? | Analytical and Salt Spray Testing

I will start this by dividing it up into two sections that I am very familiar with in the electroplating industry; analytical testing results and salt spray testing results. Electroplating is one of the most popular processes...

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Past and future of passivates

Hexavalent vs Trivalent Chromium

Why are your testing results inconsistent? | Analytical and Salt Spray Testing