Abstract: A plating solution, the making thereof and the use for chromium plating is disclosed. The solution is an equilibrated essentially aqueous solution of a hexavalent thiocyanatochromium III complex wherein the ratio of the total chromium III to the total thiocyanate is about 1:6. A preferred and improved method of making the solution from a hexathiocyanatochromium salt is also disclosed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
September 15, 1977
Date of Patent:
February 27, 1979
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation