Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Homebrew PCBs

previous by date index next by date
previous in topic topic list next in topic

Subject: Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] PCB Electroplating

From: Adam Seychell <adam_seychell@...>
Date: 2003-12-29

Nickel is normally used as a barrier layer between copper and
gold. Tin will only cause copper migration into the gold over
time. Well that's what the experts say anyway.

Adam

Udara Dewamuni wrote:
> Hi There,
>
> I am gonna gold plate my pcb. But i wanna
> know in which plating should i do before do the gold
> plating. I mean nickle plating or tin plating? What u
> guys suggest?
>
> Cheers,
> Udara
>