... This paper reviews the current standardized test methods for controlling the possibility of hydrogen embrittlement in high-strength steels as a result of different manufacturing and processing variables such as the use of maintenance chemicals or plating processes. The standards are addressed...

... attack the substrate and degrade the integrity of the plating. Different methods of evaluating such tests are presented, including laboratory investigations of the critical parameters and interlaboratory (“round robin”) comparison testing. These methods are described with reference to the nitric acid...

... to rank the wear characteristics of commonly used industrial electroplates and similar treatments. The main problem encountered with these “standard” tests was comparing thick platings with those that can only be produced by normal techniques in thicknesses less than about 5 μm. The testing problems...