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#310 Grades of Copper, Nickel, and Chrome Plating Applied on Steel Substrates

Category : Electroplating
September22, 2017

This standard defines the types of plating applied on steel substrates for decorative and anti-corrosion purposes, as well as the plating thickness of the significant surfaces and the corrosion-resistance properties. (The corrosion resistance properties are described in another section.)

[Table] Copper, nickel, and chrome plating applied on steel substrates
Grade Base-coat plating Base-coat plating
Minimum thickness (µm)
Top-coat plating Top-coat plating
Minimum thickness (µm)
Dark blue
(Note)
Nib: Bright nickel plating
Nid: Duplex nickel plating
Cr r: Regular chrome plating
Cr mc: Microcracked chromium plating
Cr mp: Microporous chromium plating
Grade 1 Cu, Nib 3 Cr r 0.1 EP-Fe/Cu+Nib 3,Cr 0.1r
or
Ep-Fe/Cu+Nib, Cr r [1]
Grade 2 Cu, Nib 5 Cr r 0.1 EP-Fe/Cu+Nib 5,Cr 0.1r
or
Ep-Fe/Cu+Nib, Cr r[2]
Grade 3 Cu, Nib 10 Cr r 0.1 EP-Fe/Cu+Nib 10,Cr0.1r
or
Ep-Fe/Cu+Nib, Cr r[3]
Grade 4 Cu, Nib 15 Cr r 0.1 EP-Fe/Cu+Nib 15,Cr0.1r
or
Ep-Fe/Cu+Nib, Cr r[4]
Grade 5 Cu, Nib 25 Cr r 0.1 EP-Fe/Cu+Nib 25,Cr 0.1r
or
Ep-Fe/Cu+Nib, Cr r[5]
Grade 6 Cu, Nib 30 Cr r 0.1 EP-Fe/Cu+Nib 30,Cr0.1r
or
Ep-Fe/Cu+Nib, Cr r[6]
Grade 7 Cu, Nib 30 Cr mc 0.1 EP-Fe/Cu+Nib30,Cr0.1mc
or
Ep-Fe/Cu+Nib, Cr mc [7]
Cu, Nib 30 Cr mp 0.1 EP-Fe/Cu+Nib30, Cr0.1mp
or
Ep-Fe/Cu+Nib, Cr mp [7]
Grade 8 Cu, Nib 50 Cr r 0.1 EP-Fe/Cu+Nib 50, Cr 0.1 r
or
Ep-Fe/Cu+Nib, Cr r [8]
Cu, Nid 35 Cr mc 0.1 EP-Fe/Cu+Nid 35, Cr 0.1mc
or
Ep-Fe/Cu+Nid, Cr mc [8]
Cu, Nid 35 Cr mp 0.1 EP-Fe/Cu+Nid 35, Cr0.1mp
or
Ep-Fe/Cu+Nid, Cr mp[8]
Grade 9 Cu, Nid 50 Cr r 0.1 EP-Fe/Cu+Nid 50,Cr0.1 r
or
Ep-Fe/Cu+Nid, Cr r [9]
Cu, Nid 45 Cr mc 0.1 EP-Fe/Cu+Nid 45,Cr0.1 mc
or
Ep-Fe/Cu+Nid, Cr mc [9]
Cu, Nid 45 Cr mp 0.1 EP-Fe/Cu+Nid 45,Cr0.1 mp
or
Ep-Fe/Cu+Nid, Cr mp [9]

* The plating thickness of copper, nickel, and duplex nickel plating will be determined and agreed between the parties concerned.

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