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SILVERON™ GT-101 Bright Cyanide-Free Silver

SILVERON™ GT-101 Bright Silver is an alkaline non-cyanide pure silver electroplating product designed to produce bright silver deposits for various applications. The product can be used in conventional plating equipment and high speed reel-to-reel, jet or wire plating equipment. The silver deposits can be applied to both copper and nickel alloy substrates.

Connector parts plated with SILVERON™ GT101 Bright Silver finishes
  • Cyanide-free electrolyte, pH 9-10
  • Chemically stable solution
  • White, bright silver deposit over a broad CD range (0.5 - 15 ASD)
  • Cathode efficiency ca. 100%
  • Excellent adhesion over copper or copper alloys
  • Plating over nickel requires a strike layer
  • No metallic additives
  • Deposit composition: ca. 100% silver
  • Matte deposit possible (optional)
  • Suitable for electrical/electronic and decorative applications
  • Excellent contact resistance and solderability
  • Harder than cyanide silver deposits, especially after annealing at 155° C
SILVERON™ GT-101 Contact Resistance Wear Rate (Silver vs. Steel) Nano-Hardness