It is the preferred coating type due to its compliance with ELV, WEEE, RoHS directives. In wood and paper industry, when high corrosion and wear resistance is required in natural gas valves, safety valves and automotive equipment, high phosphorous electroless nickel is preferred. In the printing industry, disadvantages of hard chrome plating, such as inhomogeneous thickness distribution and surface roughness, led to the preference of high-phosphorus electroless nickel plating with superior properties.