The invention relates to the technical field of
lead frame coarsening, in particular to a
nickel coarsening process of a
lead frame. A
nickel coarsening process of a
lead frame comprises the following procedures of oil removal, acid
pickling,
nickel electroplating coarsening and acid
pickling, the
nickel electroplating coarsening refers to that an
electroplating coarse nickel layer is obtained in an
electroplating bath loaded with
nickel electroplating coarsening liquid in an electroplating mode, and the
nickel electroplating coarsening liquid comprises 90-130 g / L of nickel
aminosulfonate, 40-50 g / L of
boric acid and 0.1-0.3 g / L of an additive. According to the nickel roughening process of the lead frame, the rough nickel layer can be directly obtained, and the
copper substrate does not need to be treated, namely additional electroplating pretreatment is not needed. According to the nickel coarsening process,
crystallization of
nickel ions on the surface of the lead frame is remarkably affected in the nickel electroplating
deposition process through the additive in the nickel electroplating coarsening liquid, the
limiting current density of the nickel electroplating coarsening liquid is reduced, deposition of a high-current-density area is restrained, nearly-spherical round grains are formed, and the nickel electroplating quality is improved. Meanwhile, the process of
electron deposition of
nickel ions is accelerated,
cathodic polarization is reduced, growth of nickel
crystal nucleuses is promoted instead of
nucleation, large-size particles are formed, the
surface roughness is improved, an electroplating coarse nickel layer with certain roughness is finally formed, the content of nickel
metal in an electroplating nickel coarsening solution cannot be continuously increased,
wastewater discharge is reduced, and the production cost is reduced. The environment is protected.