The elevated risk of lung cancer among chromate-producing workers has been confirmed by many epidemiological studies. Although chromium has been most used in the chromium plating industry and many platers are employed in small-scale factories, cancer studies have been documented in only a few investigations. We have conducted several prospective cohort studies in Japanese chromium platers and r...

Cathodic activation examined with reference to the cold fuslon developments (controversy). Historically cathodic activation has been used for plating preparation of p a s s i v e (o x i d e) s u r f a c e s e.g. nickel/chromium alloys, niobium and powdered metals. More recent results of work employing cathodic activation for preparing aluminum for plating will be presented e.g. process paramete...

Several electrochemical deposition parameters affect grain orientations, which in turn, affect coating quality and coating performance. An enhanced x-ray pole figure technique has been applied to study grain distribution anisotropy in electrolytic high contraction and low contraction chromium. Temperature and current density are the most important factors controlling grain orientation. Producti...

Membrane electrolysis (ME) is the only commercial technology using ion-exchange membranes for chromic acid recycling and recovery. On one hand, the technology has a number of promising advantages, but on the other hand, it has not yet gained common acceptance probably due to a lack of operation stability and efficiency. Published results of the research can be divided into three categories: lab...