Each component in the lead-tin fluoborate plating bath would be quantitatively analyzed by the following procedures simply and correctly.
Pb: After the excess of EDTA being added to the bath, Sn
++ was oxidized with H
2O
2. Then, the solution was masked with triethanolamine and back titrated with Zn
++ at pH=10 using BT as indicator.
Sn
++: After Pb was precipitated with H
2SO
4, titrated by iodometry.
Free HBF
4 and Free H
3BO
3: After Pb was precipitated with Na
2SO
4, free HBF
4 was determined by alkaline titration with pH-meter to pH=3.5 as the end point. Then, pH was made to 7.0, mannite was added to it, and free H
3BO
3 was determined by alkaline titration to pH=8.0 as the end point.
Hydroquinone: Precipitate was filtered off from the solution after the determination of HBF
4 and H
3BO
3 and titrated with Ce
+4 using ferroin as indicator after made acidic with H
2SO
4.
Lead and tin in the deposit could be determined by the following procedures.
Pb: Lead-tin plated layer was dissolved by a remover such as Enstrip TL and the excess of EDTA was added to the solution. Then, tin was masked with triethonolamine and back titrated with Zn at pH=10.
Sn: The above solution wa made acidic with HCl and back titrated with Zn at pH=5 in the warm state using PV as indicator to determine Sn+Pb. Then, Sn was calculated.
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