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How would pumice scrub play in the formation of nodules and what
preclean stage may you be referring to?
Don Hoppe - Zycon
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Subject: Re: Copper plating
Author: [log in to unmask] at corp
Date: 12/19/96 9:48 PM
I would suggest looking more closely at the preclean. Is it possible that
you are using Aluminum oxide or pumice preclean?
Dave Rooke
Circo Craft - Pointe Claire
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>We have been exhibiting miniature size nodules on our panels for quite
>some time. These miniatue nodules resemble a slightly high brightner
>burn.
>I was wondering if anybody can give me a few suggestions to where I
>should look.
>
>Afew test I have ran were with bare laminate through a scrubber before
>plating. Nodules appeared on them.
>
>Afew more experiments were ran through different preclean lines and all
>led to the same result, nodules.
>
>My questions if anybody could help are:
>1. Would a rectifier with too high ripple affect the leveling of copper
>plating?
>2. We currently hot load our racks into the bath, the program is set up
>with a five second lag and raises from 0 amp to calculated amperage. So
>the panel sees 5 seconds of 0 amps before the rectifier applies voltage.
>Could this be a contributor?
>
>Timothy Gaylor
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