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Adhesion poor/blistering |
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"Spotting" on surface after storage. |
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Rough deposit |
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Low deposition speed with excessive gassing at the cathode. (low cathode efficiency) |
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Pitting |
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Patchy or dull directly after plating |
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Patchy dull deposits appearing after chromate passivation |
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Burning |
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Brittle deposits |
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Stained deposits (random) directly after plating and passivating. |
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Throwing power poor (In cadmium solutions a Hull Cell can be used to indicate low throwing power. A Haring cell can be used for more accurate results). |
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