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Document ID (ISN)34056
CIS number 80-1416
Year 1979
Convention or series no.
Author(s) Ahlin G.
Title Elimination of health hazards during zinc and cadmium plating
Original title Åtgärder mot hälsorisker vid elektrolytisk förzinkning och kadmiering [in Swedish]
Bibliographic information IVF-resultat 79503, Sveriges Mekanförbund, Box 5506, 114 85 Stockholm, Sweden, June 1979. 21p. 17 ref. Price: Swe-cr. 15.00.
Abstract Problems considered: processes using cyanide zinc plating baths; 3 alternative cyanide-free plating processes (alkaline non-cyanide, neutral, and weak acid); hydrogen cyanide emission from plating baths; handling of cyanide salts; possible inhalation of cyanide dust when adding cyanides to plating baths. Preventive measures: reduction of cyanide content of plating bath; rim exhaust slots; personal protection. As regards cadmium, this health hazardous metal can often be replaced by Zn; use of Cd in surface treatment will probably be prohibited in Sweden in future.
Descriptors (primary) zinc; cyanides; cadmium; electroplating; health engineering; hydrocyanic acid
Descriptors (secondary) Sweden; report; substitution; rim exhaust; ventilation
Document type E - Books, reports, proceedings
Subject(s) Metal production and metalworking
Broad subject area(s)
Browse category(ies) Inorganic substances
Surface treatment
Cadmium and compounds