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Re: copper plating



a great idea,,lets experiment further with this, the reason is that ive had
an idea about making torroids out of fiberglass, you can form it into many
different shapes and sizes , then sand it smooth and plate it with copper or
even chrome it.they would hopefully be a huge improvement from ducting for
torroids..the only thing would be the capacitance of it since it would be
non metallic inside but metallic outside...but a perfectly shaped 8 by 24
inch polished copper torroid would sure be impressive...
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From: Tesla List <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
To: tesla-at-pupman-dot-com <tesla-at-pupman-dot-com>
Date: Sunday, June 11, 2000 12:59 PM
Subject: copper plating


>Original Poster: "Metlicka Marc" <mystuffs-at-orwell-dot-net>
>
>hi all,
>this is to anyone that has contemplated getting a conductive surface on
>a non conductive surface, i.e.. on glass or plastic.(especialy towards
>the thread on using al. powder in a glass cap instead of salt water). i
>have been trying different copper plating processes to try to get a
>conductive coating on my "party cup caps".
>these cups i am using are styrene, i have been getting relatively good
>results plating them by using a copper sulfate bath up to within an inch
>of the top of the cup on the out side, and filling the cup to the same
>level of the sulfate with salt water.
>i then hooked up a 30vdc power supply, the negative clipped to a piece
>of copper tubing and immersed in the sulfate bath, then the positive
>placed into the saltwater inside the cup.
>i now have a 35uf cap placed across the two.
>this is depositing a copper film on the outside of the cup, but i think
>i need to play with the voltages and capacitance more to get an even
>film, (a little splotchy at this time. and takes a long time). i think
>if i can get this process down a little more solidly there would be no
>reason you couldn't plate both sides of a glass or plastic jug.
>i would appreciate any comments on this, and copper sulfate is used to
>kill pond weeds if any one would want to further this experiment along
>with me..
>thank you         marc
>
>