Effects of Hard Surface Grinding and Activation on Electroless-Nickel Plating on Cast Aluminium Alloy Substrates

<table>Micrograph of EN plating on (a) 120 <i>μ</i>m nonactivated Al alloy surface, (b) 120 <i>μ</i>m polished PdCl<sub>2</sub>-activated cast substrate and, (c) 120 <i>μ</i>m zincated cast substrate.</table>

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Figure 8: Effects of Hard Surface Grinding and Activation on Electroless-Nickel Plating on Cast Aluminium Alloy Substrates 