Advances in Materials

Volume 4, Issue 3, June 2015

  • Features of Structure of Electrodeposited Metals Resulting from Exposure to External Force Parallel, Normal or Inclined to the Crystallization Front

    Oleg B. Girin

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 3-1, June 2015
    Pages: 1-14
    Received: 23 May 2015
    Accepted: 25 May 2015
    Published: 18 June 2015
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    Abstract: To prove whether phase formation in an electrochemically deposited metal indeed passes a liquid state stage, experiments involving application of an external force during electrodeposition were carried out and structural features of deposit were subsequently determined. Following experimental facts in support of the phenomenon in point were observe... Show More
  • Pulse Electrodeposition of Sn-Ni-Fe Alloys and Deposit Characterisation for Li-ion Battery Electrode Applications

    G. B. Lak, C. Chisholm, M. El-Sharif

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 3-1, June 2015
    Pages: 15-20
    Received: 28 April 2015
    Accepted: 14 May 2015
    Published: 18 June 2015
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    Abstract: Characterisation of Sn-Ni-Fe ternary alloy deposits obtained by pulse electrodeposition show that novel alloys of varying composition can be successfully deposited exhibiting amorphous structures using specific on/off pulse plating parameters for electrodeposition in combination with an electrolyte based on gluconate as a complexing agent. The depo... Show More
  • Electrodeposition of Nickel-Zinc Alloy from a Sulfamate Bath

    Gabriella Roventi

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 3-1, June 2015
    Pages: 21-26
    Received: 13 May 2015
    Accepted: 19 May 2015
    Published: 18 June 2015
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    Abstract: The electrodeposition of Ni-Zn alloy coatings having high nickel content (74-97 wt%) from a sulfamate bath was studied. The investigation was performed by means of cyclic voltammetry, potentiostatic electrodeposition, X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and energy dispersive X-ray analysis. The effect of the experimental parameters (dep... Show More
  • Changes in the Structure and Properties of Electrodeposited Metal Coatings in the Process of Aging

    Ilya Kovenskiy, Anatoliy Venediktov

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 3-1, June 2015
    Pages: 27-32
    Received: 10 April 2015
    Accepted: 03 May 2015
    Published: 18 June 2015
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    Abstract: The most commonly used in the industry metal coatings of Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Sb, Bi, Pb, Sn were investigated. The influence of electrodeposition conditions on the formation of the structure and properties of coatings has been established, their changes during the aging process were studied and the conditions of heat treatment ensuring the in-servi... Show More
  • Structural Features of Electrodeposited Metals as a Result of Ultra-Rapid Solidification of a Highly Supercooled Liquid Metal Phase

    Oleg B. Girin

    Issue: Volume 4, Issue 3-1, June 2015
    Pages: 33-40
    Received: 27 May 2015
    Accepted: 28 May 2015
    Published: 18 June 2015
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    Abstract: With a view to validating the existence of the phenomenon of phase formation via a liquid state stage in metals being electrodeposited, experiments were carried out to reveal electrodeposited metal's structural features typical of metals produced by solidification at ultra-high rates under high supercooling, and to establish consistent changes in m... Show More