abstract |
Disclosed is an aqueous plating bath suitable for obtaining electrodeposits of palladium and its alloys. The bath is substantially free of cyanide, nitrate and nitrite, and comprises sulfite ion, palladium in the form of a tetra-coordinated complex with palladium in the +2 oxidation state, an atomic ratio of halide to palladium not in excess of 10, and exhibits a pH of from 7 to 12. |