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Old 04-03-2008, 07:27 PM
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Default Re: Safe Materials for Indefinite Immersion in Nickel Plating Tank?

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Originally Posted by nocus View Post
CarWiz.....I don't understand how the heater could plate out if it is not electrically connected to one of the electrodes? Perhaps it just oxidized in the acidic nickel bath?
As I mentioned, I'm using the Electroless Nickel (EN) process. There are no "electrodes". I just mentioned it because I thought Ti was unaffected by the nickel baths. As such, that claim is incorrect or Caswell is supplying heaters that are not Ti to begin with. I'm not sure which is true as I have no way to test for Ti. I do know this; My "Ti heater" is now plated in nickel!
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