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Worm like defect in Electroless nickel plating

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Jun 30, 2010
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Hi, I am a Materials Science Engineer and I am working on a project where aluminum substrate is plated with nickel-phosphorour (through electroless process). After polishing the disks, we see few worm-like pit defects (Which are very shallow) on the plating surface. I tried finding similar defects in internet but in vain. Have anyone experienced the same type of worm pit defect on electroless nickel plated layer on aluminum substrate?

Thanks.
 
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