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EP 0149830 B1 19890405 - ELECTROLYTIC BATH FOR THE DEPOSITION OF THIN LAYERS OF PURE GOLD

Title (en)

ELECTROLYTIC BATH FOR THE DEPOSITION OF THIN LAYERS OF PURE GOLD

Publication

EP 0149830 B1 19890405 (FR)

Application

EP 84115879 A 19841220

Priority

CH 696183 A 19831229

Abstract (en)

[origin: EP0149830A2] 1. Electrolytic bath for the deposit of thin layers of pure gold on passive surfaces, containing from 0.5 to 20 g/l of gold under the form of a gold cyanide of alkali metal, in which gold is trivalent, and at least an acid which is present in a sufficient concentration so as the pH of this bath is at most of 0.4, characterized in that the acid is selected from the group comprising the sulfuric acid, the sulfamic acid, the pyrophosphoric acid, the mono-, di- and tri-chloroacetic acids, the malic acid, and the 1-hydroxy-1, 1-ethylidene-diphosphonic, hydroxy-methylphosphonic and amino-tris(methylene-phosphonic) acids, and the mixtures thereof.

IPC 1-7

C25D 3/48

IPC 8 full level

C25D 3/48 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP)

C25D 3/48 (2013.01)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

CH DE FR GB IT LI

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0149830 A2 19850731; EP 0149830 A3 19861015; EP 0149830 B1 19890405; EP 0149830 B2 19920513; CH 665656 A5 19880531; DE 149830 T1 19851024; DE 3477588 D1 19890511

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 84115879 A 19841220; CH 696183 A 19831229; DE 3477588 T 19841220; DE 84115879 T 19841220