Although DIY PCB making has made great strides since the early days of chemical etching, there’s one fly in the ointment: vias. These connect individual layers of the board with a conductive tube, and ...

For the few double-sided PCBs we’ve actually etched at home we simply soldered a piece of wire to either side of a via and clipped off the excess. But if you want to go the extra mile you can’t beat ...

Electroplating is a technique that uses an electrical current to deposit a thin layer of metal onto a surface. It is widely used across industries to enhance material properties, such as durability, ...

Stainless steel, an iron-carbon alloy containing chromium and other metals, has a wide range of applications, including cookware, building materials, and medical implants. Due to its biocompatibility ...

Historically, electroplating has been used to add a thin layer of a precious metal—typically gold—to an electrical connector to improve corrosion resistance. However, recent collaborations between ...

Karas Plating, a UK-based metal finishing specialist, announced today the installation of a £1.5 million fully automated silver-plating line designed to expand production capacity and support growing ...

The process that makes gold-plated jewelry or chrome car accents is now making powerful lithium-ion batteries. Researchers have developed a method for electroplating lithium-ion battery cathodes, ...

In the latest of James Mods series - James shows you how to electroplate at home - it's not really all that difficult, if you take a little time (and care!). We also need to stress to take care when ...

Since the end of the Second World War the use of plastics has increased remarkably due to a systematic exploitation of their principal advantages, i.e. lightness, flexibility and toughness, ease of ...

Electroplating sludge management and metal recovery represent critical intersections between waste treatment and resource conservation. The sludge, generated during electroplating processes, contains ...

In December, Newscripts wrote about next-level experiments that science-minded caregivers could do to supplement kids’ virtual classrooms. It was a lot of fun, and many readers wrote in with ...