Platuna-Platinum N (4g Pt/ 200 ml)

Origin: Umicore (Germany)

Function: Bright white platinum underlayer plating; a new solution replacing palladium strike plating.

Application: Used in the jewelry manufacturing industry.

Advantages:

1. Bright white platinum deposit (whiter than Palladium)

2. Creates an underlayer on silver or gold-based jewelry

3. Can be plated up to 1.0 micron thickness

4. High wear and tarnish resistance

5. Hardness: 500–600 HV

6. Suitable for both rack and barrel plating

Operating Conditions:

• Temperature: 25–40°C

• Current density: 0.5–10 A/dm²

• **High acid bath

• Anode: Pt/Ti or MMO

• Make-up instructions: (refer to technical documentation)

• Packaging: 4 g Pt / 200 ml or 20 g Pt / liter

With the new platinum plating technology, offering higher hardness and wear resistance than Palladium, Platuna-N1 can be used as a final topcoat for jewelry or combined to reduce the thickness of conventional Rhodium plating by up to 50% while maintaining excellent whiteness and brightness.

Reducing production costs for white-plated jewelry is a key objective for customers using Platuna-N1 platinum underlayer solution.