Table 2 shows a typical plating bath composition. Palladium
was deposited on PSS cups by suspending the cups in
an electroless-plating bath surrounded by a water jacket for
temperature control. For the deposition of palladium on the
long tube support a special electroless-plating cell was used.
The bath used for the deposition on long tubes is presented
in Figure 3. A uniform deposition of Pd on the PSS long tube
was achieved by controlled rotation of the support.