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Electroless deposition of metals can be defined as the controlled autocatalytic reduction of a dissolved metal ion by a dissolved reducing agent at an interface to give a uniform film. The first electroless solutions were developed around 1840 for use in silver glass mirrors.
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Gerald A. Krulik (1978) studied this question.
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