AURUNA® 5400 Hard Gold Electrolyte
For Depositing Uniformly Bright Coatings
AURUNA® 5400 the weakly acidic electrolyte deposits yellow, uniform bright hard gold coatings. The newly balanced brightener system of the electrolyte enables the operation in a very wide current density working range and allows a variable gold content at the same time. Due to the usage of special chemical components, the AURUNA® 5400 is equally suitable for rack and barrel application.
The deposited coatings are characterized by low porosity and an increased abrasion resistance, compared to coatings deposited in AURUNA® 539. Furthermore contacts coated with AURUNA® 5400 exhibit a low and long-time stable contact resistance and an excellent solderability. As well coatings up to 10 μm can be crack-free depositied in the electrolyte.
Electrolyte characteristics
Electrolyte type
Weakly acidic
Metal content
8 (0.5 - 12) g/l Au
pH value
4.2 (3.8 - 4.6)
Operating temperature
50 (48 - 52) °C
Current density range
2.5 (1 - 5) A/dm²
Plating speed
0.1 - 1.0 μm/min
Anode material
MMO (type PLATINODE® 167 or 177)
Coating characteristics
Coating
Gold-Cobalt
Alloy composition
99.7 wt.% Au
0.3 wt.% Co
Colour of deposit
Yellow
Brightness
Bright
Hardness of deposit
150 - 220 HV
Max. coating thickness
Crack-free up to 10 μm
Density of the coating
Approx. 17 g/cm³
Classification
Type I-II, Code C-D
(equivalent to IC-IID according to MIL-G-45204C)
Solderability
ZCT < 0.2 s
Advantages
- Very wide operating current density range
- For technical and decorative applications
- High corrosion and abrasion resistance
- Low, stable contact resistance
- Classification according to ASTM B 488-01: Type I - II, grade C -D
Applications
- Contact pins, contact springs, contact plugs
- Contact materials
- Slip rings
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