Measuring metal content in electroplating baths easily and quickly
How to detect bath fluctuations early, minimize laboratory effort, and reduce production costs with XRF instruments and solution measuring cells
Fluctuating metal ion concentrations in electroplating baths are among the most common causes of uneven coating thicknesses, altered coating properties, and rising scrap rates in electroplating companies. At the same time, conventional analytical methods such as wet-chemical titration are often time-consuming and inflexible due to extensive sample preparation requirements – a major obstacle to close process control.
X-ray fluorescence (XRF) analysis offers a precise and fast alternative. Compared to other methods for solution analysis, it stands out through minimal sample preparation and application-specific measuring cells. This enables reliable and efficient bath control while reducing material consumption, time, and operating costs – and sustainably improving your coating quality.
In this Application Note you will learn, among other things:
- how to simplify and optimize your bath control using XRF
- the advantages of measuring cells and how to choose the right one for your application
- which of our XRF instruments is best suited for your application
- how measurement time and instrument configuration influence measurement accuracy
