ELECTRO-DEPOSITION OF CADMIUM

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Hardcopy , PDF

Language(s)

English

Published date

04-10-2017

Publisher

SAE International

1. SCOPE
2. WARNING
3. NORMATIVE REFERENCES
4. DEFINITIONS
5. INFORMATION TO BE SUPPLIED TO THE
    PROCESSOR
6. PROCESS CONTROL
7. PRE-TREATMENT AND PREPARATION
8. HEAT TREATMENT
9. SURFACE PREPARATION
10. CADMIUM PLATING
11. WASHING
12. PASSIVATION
13. HEAT TREATMENT RELIEF OF HYDROGEN
    EMBRITTLEMENT
14. INSPECTION
15. SELECTION OF TEST SAMPLES
16. VISUAL INSPECTION
17. ADHESION
18. THICKNESS OF COATING
19. FREEDOM FROM MERCURY
20. RE-TREATMENT OF ITEMS REJECTED ON INSPECTION
21. NOTES
ANNEX A - COMPOSITION AND PREPARATION OF SUITABLE
          ELECTROLYTES
ANNEX B - METHOD FOR THE DETECTION OF MERCURY
ANNEX C - ADHESION TESTS
ANNEX D - METHODS FOR THE DETERMINATION OF
          AVERAGE THICKNESS

Describes the requirements for the electro-deposition of cadmium on non-corrosion resisting steel items for protection against corrosion, and on copper based alloy items and corrosion resisting steel items for the reduction of contact corrosion of less noble metallic materials.

Committee	AMS-B
DevelopmentNote	Supersedes DEFSTAN 03-19/4(2010). (05/2015)
DocumentType	Standard
Pages	16
ProductNote	This version is now stabilized.
PublisherName	SAE International
Status	Current
Supersedes	SAE AMS 03-19 : 2015

BS EN ISO 4516:2002	Metallic and other inorganic coatings. Vickers and Knoop microhardness tests
BS 2868:1968	Specification for cadmium anodes and cadmium oxide for electroplating
BS EN ISO 3543:2001	Metallic and non-metallic coatings. Measurement of thickness. Beta backscatter method
DEFSTAN 03-36/2(2010) : 2010	GUIDANCE TO THE USE OF CADMIUM ALTERNATIVES IN THE PROTECTIVE COATING OF DEFENCE EQUIPMENT
DEFSTAN 03-14/4(2008) : 2008	ELECTRODEPOSITION OF CHROMIUM FOR ENGINEERING PURPOSES
BS EN ISO 6507-1:2005	Metallic materials. Vickers hardness test Test method
DEFSTAN 03-4/6(2011) : 2011	THE PRE-TREATMENT AND PROTECTION OF STEEL ITEMS OF SPECIFIED MAXIMUM TENSILE STRENGTH EXCEEDING 1450 MPA
BS EN ISO 2178:2016	Non-magnetic coatings on magnetic substrates. Measurement of coating thickness. Magnetic method
BS EN ISO 3497:2001	Metallic coatings. Measurement of coating thickness. X-ray spectrometric methods
SAE AMS 03-14 : 2015	ELECTRODEPOSITION OF CHROMIUM FOR ENGINEERING PURPOSES
BS EN ISO 2177:2004	Metallic coatings. Measurement of coating thickness. Coulometric method by anodic dissolution
DEFSTAN 03-2/6(2011) : 2011	CLEANING AND PREPARATION OF METAL SURFACES
BS EN ISO 1463:2004	Metallic and oxide coatings. Measurement of coating thickness. Microscopical method
SAE AMS 03-2 : 2017	CLEANING AND PREPARATION OF METAL SURFACES
SAE AMS03-4A : 2015(S2017)	THE PRE-TREATMENT AND PROTECTION OF STEEL ITEMS OF SPECIFIED MAXIMUM TENSILE STRENGTH EXCEEDING 1450 MPA
BS 6338:1982	Specification for chromate conversion coatings on electroplated zinc and cadmium coatings
DEFSTAN 03-21/5(2011) : 2011	MECHANICAL METHODS FOR THE INDUCEMENT OF RESIDUAL SURFACE COMPRESSIVE STRESSES