Designation: B 177 – 01Endorsed by AmericanElectroplaters’ SocietyEndorsed by NationalAssociation of Metal FinishersStandard Guide forEngineering Chromium Electroplating1This standard is issued under the fixed designation B 177; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year oforiginal adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision
A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval
Asuperscript epsilon (e) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval
Scope1
1 This guide provides information about the deposition ofchromium on steel for engineering uses
This is sometimescalled “functional” or “hard” chromium and is usually applieddirectly to the basis metal and is usually thicker than decorativedeposits
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