| abstract |
A conditioning agent is disclosed, for the pre-treatment of base materials for subsequent complete and uniform chemical metallization, characterized by a content of a quaternary organic nitrogen compound. Also disclosed is a process for the pre-treatment of base materials, employing said conditioning agent. Preferred embodiments include as active agent at least one compound of the general formula <IMAGE> wherein <IMAGE> represents a cyclical nitrogen compound, R is hydrogen, C1-C4-alkyl or hydroxy-C1-C2-alkyl, n is 0 or 1, and x(-) is the anion of an inorganic or an organic acid. |