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Abstract
The present work is part of an industrial project involving the electrodeposition of conductive silver coatings with the help of pulse plating techniques. Silver shows an excellent reflectivity for electromagnetic waves and is commonly used as a coating in parts for the telecommunication and aerospace sectors. Nanocrystalline silver layers were deposited on pretreated aluminium samples from a standard cyanide plating bath using reverse pulse plating. A qualitative overview is given as to how the pulse parameters affect the throwing power of the process and smoothness of the layers. Special attention was paid to compactness and low porosity in order to improve the corrosion resistance and good adherence to the substrate.