We're not routinely using Ni on steel, but I wouldn't expect any major problems. Nickel is generally a very good finish from both the oxidation and conductivity/resistivity viewpoint. You might find it useful to refer to the table of electrochemical potentials in Annex J of EN/IEC/UL 60950. I do think that you would find nickel to be rather costly. Have you also considered a bright acid tin finish? I think that you might find this rather less expensive than nickel, and it is very close to steel in the activity series, so your potential for corrosion would be very low indeed.
Best regards, Neil R. Barker C.Eng. MIEE FSEE MIEEE Manager Compliance Engineering e2v technologies (uk) ltd 106 Waterhouse Lane Chelmsford Essex CM1 2QU UK Tel: +44 (0)1245 453616 Fax: +44 (0)1245 453410 e-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.e2v.com From: James, Chris [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 09 June 2005 09:26 To: [email protected] Subject: steel plating Is anyone routinely using nickel plate on sheet steel fab enclosures rather than passivated zinc plate? Are there any know EMC/LVD issues, such as reduced galvanic bonding between mating parts etc...............?? Regards, Chris ____________ This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to [email protected] Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/listserv/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas [email protected] Mike Cantwell [email protected] For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: [email protected] Jim Bacher: [email protected] All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc
