• Registration
• Introduction
• Electroless nickel: past, present and future
• Chemistry of Electroless Nickel Plating Solutions
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Tuesday

• Pretreatment for electroless nickel: general concepts
• Typical applications
• Physical and mechanical properties of Ni-P coatings
• Effect of electroless nickel on steel
• Fixturing for electroless nickel plating
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Wednesday

• Pretreatment for steels and stainless steels
• Pretreatment for aluminum
• Pretreatment for copper alloys
• Operation and control of electroless nickel solutions
• Automatic bath control for electroless nickel plating
• Chemical and corrosion properties of Ni-P
• Where to use the different types
• Rules for use of metallic coatings for corrosion prevention
• Properties of Ni-B deposits
• Specifications for electroless nickel coatings
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Thursday

• Design and fabrication of electroless nickel facilities
• Composite electroless nickel coatings
• Pretreatment for unusual alloys and non-metals
• Quality control testing for electroless nickel coatings
• Effect of the substrate on EN deposits
• Effect of bath age on EN baths and coatings
• Stripping of electroless nickel deposits
• Waste treatment of electroless nickel solutions
• Post treatments for electroless nickel
• Cost of electroless nickel coatings
• Problem solving panel
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AND OTHER TOPICS TO BE IDENTIFIED