Acidic electrolyte for decorative black coatings up to 0.5 μm layer thickness. Good colour constancy, simple bath maintenance, easy-to-use batch type. \r\n \r\n \r\n \r\n Metal content in the deposit wt.% \r\n Alloy compo- nents \r\n Colour of deposit \r\n Max. coating thickness μm \r\n Metal content g/l \r\n pH- value \r\n Current density A/dm2 \r\n Plating speed μm/min approx. values \r\n Anode Material \r\n \r\n \r\n >95 \r\n Cu \r\n Anthracite (black) \r\n 0.5 \r\n 5 \r\n 1.4 (1.0-1.5) \r\n 1.0 (0.5-2.0) \r\n 0.08 \r\n Pt/Ti (2.5 μm Pt), Ir MMO PLATINODE® 177 \r\n \r\n \r\n