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Mike, looking at the drawing, it does call for gold over nickel, to some military specs with which I am not familiar. Haven't heard from any TechNetter with suggestions about a US supplier. We are in Pennsylvania. From what I have learned, I think it may not be out of the question to find someone doing it here or in a surrounding state. Louis Hart
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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Mike Fenner
Sent: Monday, January 18, 2016 8:50 AM
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Subject: Re: [TN] plating gold to aluminium
To plate Aluminium you first need to deoxidise it and simultaneously protect it from re-oxidation which it does immediately in air. This is done using an alkaline immersion zinc process. Then you [immersion] plate that with nickel and then you can put your gold on. It's a standard process but from people who specialise in it. Done properly it can be quite robust (viz Voyager
spacecraft)
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Regards
Mike
BSP
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From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of David Hillman
Sent: Saturday, January 16, 2016 3:42 PM
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Subject: Re: [TN] plating gold to aluminum
Hi TechNet - another potential issue to consider would be corrosion issues.
Gold is one end of the galvanic table and aluminum is on the other end -
not exactly a metallic pairing I would jump up and down about. The users
should look at the product use environment and assess the potential
corrosion issues.
Dave Hillman
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On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Giamis, Andy <[log in to unmask]>
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> Au directly to Al?
> I would be concerned over purple plague. Certainly an old problem with Au
> wire bonds on Al chip circuitry.
>
> Ni on Al and Au on Ni are both fairly common. Lots of shops can do that.
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> From: TechNet [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Louis Hart
> Sent: Friday, January 15, 2016 5:21 PM
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> Subject: [TN] plating gold to aluminum
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> TechNetters, who in the US knows of a machine shop which can plate gold to
> aluminum? I'm asking on behalf of colleagues and neglected to find out for
> sure if they meant electroplating or some other process. Any ideas would
> be welcome. Louis Hart
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