Right, but then the plating back side is a Ni alloy, not pure Pd as in my speculative technique :)
But it might be interesting to try such a coating (well known, used e.g. to metallize the plated through holes in printed circuit boards), since Ni is also known as a CF active material, and to front-load it with light water electrolysis (supposed to work better with Ni than heavy water). Has NiH codeposition be tried BTW, anyone knows? Michel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jones Beene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2007 4:25 PM Subject: Re: [Vo]:Corona charging to electroplate a dielectric? (was Re: A MSWL hypothesis...) > Michel Jullian wrote: > >> Some more wild speculations from a non-specialist on how one (anyone >> basically) could electroplate a dielectric with a metal. > > > The simplest way is to first apply a thin layer of electroless nickel. > > http://www.alu-info.dk/HTML/alulib/modul/A00364.htm > > ... the item then has a conductive surface for plating Pd or anything else. > > Jones >
