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Wojciech Simka1, Ginter Nawrat, Łukasz Nieuzyła
1Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Chemistry, Gliwice, Poland. wojciech.simka@polsl.pl
Abstract:
In this work the electrochemical characteristics of copper and steel in chromate, cyanide, and phosphate baths as well as in a commercial bath (ENSTRIP S-180), in the absence of chromium and cyanides were determined. Average rates of copper coatings stripping from steel in the above mentioned baths and the baths influence on the morphology of steel surfaces were described. It was found that the commercial bath ENSTRIP S-180 could be successfully used for stripping of copper coatings from steel elements.
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