Which platings are available for magnets?
Electroplating is another term for coating. Platings or coatings are applied to raw neodymium magnets to prevent corrosion and demagnetization. The most common coating is a layer of nickel, followed by a layer of copper and another layer of nickel. These different coatings are offered for custom applications:
- Rubber
- Nickel (Ni)
- Epoxy
- Zinc (Zn)
- Gold (Au)
- Tin (Sn)
- Titanium (Ti)
- Titanium nitride (TiN)
- Parylene C
- Everlube
- Chrome
- Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE, also known as Teflon Ni-Cu-Ni plus epoxy)
- Nickel copper nickel, plus rubber
- Zinc, plus rubber
- Nickel copper nickel, plus Parylene
- Nickel copper nickel, plus PTFE
- Tin, plus Parylene
- Zinc chromate
- Phosphate passivation
