Appeal No. 1997-2097 Application No. 08/191,137 Loch (column 5, lines 4-64) discloses the plating of aluminum substrates using a zincate protective coating followed by an electroless nickel coating (strike) and then an outer conductive metal plating, with tin being the only exemplified metal for that outer coating. Loch (column 7, lines 28-30) discloses that an "[e]lectroless nickel plate was found to be a superior barrier layer than was electrodeposited copper" for the obtention of a blister free tin plating of porous aluminum castings. Shemenski (abstract) is directed to the formation of a ternary brass alloy coated steel wire element that may be used in reinforcing rubber articles. In making that coated steel wire element, Shemenski teaches that copper, zinc and iron may be deposited on the steel elements followed by heating to promote diffusion of the deposited metals to form the brass coating (column 3, line 58 through column 4, line 3). Shemenski discloses that the iron layer used in making the brass coated steel element may be deposited using electroplating solutions selected from "iron chloride solutions, iron sulfate solutions, iron fluoroborate solutions, and ferrous ammonium sulfate solutions" (column 4, Page 5Page: Previous 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 NextLast modified: November 3, 2007