Chrome plating

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets emission limitation for chromium electroplating sources. Regulating the emissions of hexavalent and trivalent forms of chromium is important as they are known to have negative impact on health and environment. Chemical fume suppressants / wetting agents are used to lower the surface tension of chrome plating baths for compliance with workers safety.

Maintaining a bath surface tension less than 35 dynes/cm (EPA standard) requires a frequent cycle of treating the bath by a wetting agent and confirming the effect on surface tension.

To overcome the problems with stalagmometers and conventional tensiometers Kibron has developed a robust, easy to use tensiometer, the Kibron AquaPi. Kibron AquaPi eliminates safety concerns, operator experience requirements, and most significantly, the time involved.

Recommended instruments:

	Kibron AquaPi - a battery operated, portable tensiometer The Kibron AquaPi is the first battery operated and portable tensiometer, rugged enough for field operations and on-site measurements.
	EZ-Piplus Kibron EZ-Piplus is a new single channel tensiometer. Kibron EZ-Piplus's full potential comes into action when pairing it up with a laptop. It is light-weight, robust and well suited for on-site measurements.