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AURUNA® 7000 Gold Iron Electrolyte

AURUNA® 7000 Gold Iron Electrolyte

High-Speed Electrolyte for Hard Gold Deposition

AURUNA® 7000 is used for depositing hard gold coatings in special high-speed equipment. The weakly acidic electrolyte has a wide operating range with easy bath maintenance and high plating speed. No oxidation of the alloy partner iron.

AURUNA® 7000 was specifically developed for the automatic high-speed gold-plating in equipment for selective plating and continuously working reel-to-reel lines. Due to vigorous electrolyte agitation (flow, spray), it allows the working at high current densities with stable long-time behaviour. It can be also operated as a gold strike electrolyte.

The deposits are solderable, low in pores, ultra-bright, hard and abrasion-resistant. They have a constantly low contact resistance. Therefore the electrolyte is excellently suitable for the gold-plating of electronic components such as connectors, contacts and edge connectors on printed circuit boards.

Electrolyte characteristics

Electrolyte type

Weakly acidic

Metal content

12 (2 - 18) g/l Au

pH value

4.2 - 4.6

Operating temperature

55 (45 - 60) °C

Current density range

2 - 40 A/dm²

Plating speed

0.3 - 8.0 μm/min

Anode material

Pt-Ti (type PLATINODE® Pt/Ti)

Coating characteristics

Coating

Gold-Iron

Alloy composition

Approx. 99.7 wt. % Au, 0.1 - 0.4 wt. % Fe

Colour of deposit

Yellow

Brightness

Ultra-bright

Hardness of deposit

170 - 200 HV

Max. coating thickness

10 μm

Density of the coating

Approx. 17 g/cm³

Advantages

  • For use in high-speed equipment
  • No oxidation of the alloy partner iron
  • High plating speed
  • Low-pore, solderable, hard and abrasion-resistant coatings
  • ASTM B-488-01, Type I-II, Code C-D
  • The coatings are RoHS compliant

Applications

  • Connectors
  • Electrical contacts
  • Edge connectors of printed circuit boards

Downloads

  • Produktblatt_AURUNA_7000_EN.pdf

Your contact person

Markus Legeler

Markus Legeler

Manager Sales International
T: +49 7171 607 204
F: +49 7171 607 316
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