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Tips from the Pros on How to Maximize Your Sale Price
What are the do’s and don’ts of selling a business?
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The Characterization of the Stannous Chloride/ Palladium Chloride Catalysts for Electroless Plating
The paper is a 1975 study of just how the tin chloride / palladium chloride system worked for plated plastics, and which systems were most effective in doing the job.
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Low Temperature Curing of Hydrogen Silsesquioxane Surface Coatings for Corrosion Protection of Aluminum
This paper discusses vitreous enameling of hydrogen silsesquioxane (HSQ).
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The Study of Copper Anodes in Acid and Cyanide Plating Baths
The 1956 Carl E. Huessner Gold Medal Award was given to Charles Faust and William H Safranek for Best Paper appearing in Plating or the AES Technical Proceedings in 1955, and their paper is republished here in a series on the AES/AESF/NASF Best Paper Awards. Their work involves an evaluation of anodes for copper plating at the time when OFHC anodes were first emerging in use.
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Some Contributions of U.S. Supply Houses to Plating Science and Technology - The 11th William Blum Lecture
This paper is a re-publication of the 11th William Blum Lecture, presented at the 57th AES Annual Convention in Montréal, Québec, on June 22, 1970. The origins of several developments in the plating field are reviewed, showing why and how the processes and concepts evolved, with particular attention to inside stories and the people concerned.
Read MoreThe Nucleation Dependent Growth Layer: A Structure Element in Electrocrystallization - The 10th William Blum Lecture
This paper is a re-publication of the 10th William Blum Lecture, presented at the 56th AES Annual Convention in Detroit, Michigan, on June 16, 1969.
Read MorePainting 101
I need a finish that is both easily applied and durable. Do you know of anything?
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Mechanism of the Plating Process - The 8th William Blum Lecture
This paper is a re-publication of the 8th William Blum Lecture, presented at the 54th AES Annual Convention in Dallas, Texas, on June 19, 1967. Dr. Henry B. Linford discussed the transition of electroplating from an art to a science as the mechanism of the plating process became better understood.
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Vertical Acid Copper Plating for PCB Manufacturing
Developments expand in the world of printed circuit boards.
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