Hi,

Perhaps you can try to first deposit a seed layer in gold by evaporation
or sputtering. The eletroplating process should start... But try to work
at low temperature in order to avoid purple plague !

Regards,

Alexandre

Denis Petrov a écrit :
> Hi all!
>
> Happy New Year, first of all!
>
> My question is, did anybody try to electroplate gold onto Al surface.
> We have tried that at our facility recently. After 15 min. absolutely
> nothing happened. No gold at all.
>
> We shall be thankful for any suggestions.
>
> Regards

Dr. Alexandre BOE
Post-doctoral researcher
Université Catholique de Louvain
FSA/ELEC/EMIC - Laboratoire d'hyperfréquences
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Belgium
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