A Study of Electroless Silver Plating on Nonconductors Based on Carbon Fibers
The process of electroless silver plating on polymers reinforced by carbon fibers was studied. For better adhesion of silver layer different pretreatments were tested and a combination of roughening sufficient for the adhesion which still does not affect the brightness of silver sentence was found (Tables 1, 2). The effects of silver-plating bath composition on the coating characteristics were studied (Figs. 1-6). Optimum parameters of plating conditions and bath composition were determined (Fig.7).