Arlington Plating Company

Electroless Nickel Plating

Electroless nickel plating is a process that deposits an alloy of 90% nickel and 10% phosphorus on a wide range of metals. The deposition process does not use electricity to drive the plating; Instead, this type of electroless plating uses chemical reduction to drive the metal plating process. This results in a uniform coating thickness throughout the entire geometry of the plating part.

Electroless nickel plating also has a high hardness of 48 Rockwell C, and can be baked at 400°C for 1 hour to increase the hardness to 70 Rockwell C. Due to the uniformity of the plated deposit and the amorphous structure of the electroless nickel, these coatings are also used to provide outstanding corrosion protection.