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Tutorial: Understanding and Specifying Surface Treatments for Engineering Components

Practical tutorial on selecting and specifying surface treatments. Covers electroplating, anodising, nitriding, phosphating, and hard chrome — selection criteria, drawing specification, and quality verification.

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Manufacturing Metallurgy

Electroplating Metallurgy: Deposit Microstructure, Adhesion, and Internal Stress

Technical guide to electroplating metallurgy. Covers nucleation and growth of deposits, Faraday’s law, grain structure of Ni/Cr/Cu deposits, internal tensile and compressive stress, adhesion failure mechanisms, and thickness measurement.