| abstract |
An electroless plating bath for forming black coatings containing a nickel salt and a reducing agent, which further contains a sulfur-containing compound, zinc ions and optionally microparticles, and a method for forming black coatings by electroless plating, wherein an article to be plated is immersed in the plating bath for a certain period of time, which provide black plated coatings without any post-treatments for blackening. Also provided is an article having an electrolessly plated black coating formed by the method. |