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Re: [Homebrew_PCBs] PCB Electroplating

2003-12-29 by Adam Seychell

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
>

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