Abstract: The stability of alkaline electroless plating baths and the rate at which such baths are capable of depositing a metal film on a nonconductor substrate are both enhanced by the incorporation of a water soluble saccharide derivative into the bath composition. The saccharide derivatives include monosaccharides, oligosaccharides, polysaccharides, and saccharide reaction products such as gluconic and glucoheptonic acids and salts thereof.

Abstract: An improved tin/tin-lead stripping solution and method of preparing and using same, the solution including one or more compounds containing at least one amino (NH.sub.2) group, one carboxylic acid (--COOH) group and optionally a divalent sulfur group selected from the class of compounds known as amino acids or water/acid soluble derivatives thereof, or selected from the class of compounds known as aromatic carboxylic acids or water/acid soluble derivatives thereof, and incorporated in a basic fluoride-hydrogen peroxide tin-lead stripping solution.