Deposition electrolytic

During electrolytic deposition, a current is passed through a solution of metallic salt such as CUSO4. Metallic ions migrate toward the anode, capturing elections there. The molecules adsorb on the electrode. There is metallic deposit of copper on the anode. This process is also known as electroplating, where various metals can be deposited on the electrode. 

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Cadmium is usually found in zinc ores and is extracted from them along with zinc (p. 416) it may be separated from the zinc by distillation (cadmium is more volatile than zinc. Table 14.2) or by electrolytic deposition. 

Electrowinning. When it is possible, electrolytic deposition is the most efficient way of recovering a valuable metal from solution. It is quite selective and usually yields a pure product which can be marketed directly as cathodes, or after casting iato commercial shapes. It is, however, the most expensive method. 

The manufacture of metal in powder form is a complex and highly engineered operation. It is dominated by the variables of the powder, namely those that are closely connected with an individual powder particle, those that refer to the mass of particles which form the powder, and those that refer to the voids in the particles themselves. In a mass of loosely piled powder, >60% of the volume consists of voids. The primary methods for the manufacture of metal powders are atomization, the reduction of metal oxides, and electrolytic deposition (15,16). Typical metal powder particle shapes are shown in Figure 5. 

In atomization, a stream of molten metal is stmck with air or water jets. The particles formed are collected, sieved, and aimealed. This is the most common commercial method in use for all powders. Reduction of iron oxides or other compounds in soHd or gaseous media gives sponge iron or hydrogen-reduced mill scale. Decomposition of Hquid or gaseous metal carbonyls (qv) (iron or nickel) yields a fine powder (see Nickel and nickel alloys). Electrolytic deposition from molten salts or solutions either gives powder direcdy, or an adherent mass that has to be mechanically comminuted. 

In the atomizing process, a stream of molten zinc is broken into tiny droplets by the force of a pressurized fluid impinging on the stream. The fluid can be any convenient material, although air is normally used. The atomized drops cool and soHdify rapidly in a coUection chamber. The powder is screened to specified sizes. Particulate zinc is also produced by other methods such as electrolytic deposition and spinning-cup techniques, but these are not of commercial importance. 

Electrolytic Deposition. The separation of a metal from a solution can be achieved by electrolysis. 

The electrolytic deposit should be salmon-pink in colour, silky in texture, and adherent. If it is dark, the presence of foreign elements and/or oxidation is indicated. Spongy or coarsely crystalline deposits are likely to yield high results they arise from the use of too high current densities or improper acidity and absence of nitrate ion. 

Another complication had to be matched when the zinc electrode was made reversible in a battery with unstirred electrolyte or an electrolyte gel, dendritic growth of the electrolytically deposited metal takes place. The formation of dendrites cannot be fully suppressed by the use of current collectors with large surface areas (grids, wire fabrics). However, by using improved separators combined in multi layer arrangements, the danger of short-circuiting is reduced. 

Essentially, stripping analysis is a two-step technique. The first, or deposition, step involves die electrolytic deposition of a small portion of the metal ions hi solution into die mercury electrode to preconcentrate the metals. This is followed by die shipping step (the measurement step), which involves die dissolution (shipping) of die deposit. Different versions of stripping analysis can be employed, depending upon die nature of the deposition and measurement steps. 

Electroplating is the electrolytic deposition of a thin film of metal on an object. The object to be electroplated (either metal or graphite-coated plastic) constitutes the cathode, and the electrolyte is an aqueous solution of a salt of the plating metal. Metal is deposited on the cathode by reduction of ions in the electrolyte solution. These cations are supplied either by the added salt or from oxidation of the anode, which is made of the plating metal (Fig. 12.16). 

An electrolytically deposited and a press-formed electrode prepared from equimolar ratios of Cu (32 wt%) and CuCE (67 wt%) and 1 wt% polyethylene binder were used. 

Two types of reactions producing a new phase can be distinguished (1) those producing a noncrystalline phase (gas bubbles liquid drops as, e.g., in the electrolytic deposition of mercury on substrates not forming amalgams), and (2) those producing a crystalline phase (cathodic metal deposition, anodic deposition of oxides or salts having low solubility). 

Another type of model electrode uses multilayer electrolytic deposits, which attracted the interest of electrochemists long before physical methods for their structural characterization were introduced. These electrodes were usually characterized by their roughness factors rather than particle size, the former being of the order of 10 -10 (for original references, see the review [Petrii and Tsirhna, 2001]). Multilayer electrolytic deposits have very complex stmctures [Plyasova et al., 2006] consisting of nanometer-sized crystallites joined together via grain boundaries, and hence have very pecuhar electrocatalytic properties [Cherstiouk et al., 2008] they will not be considered further in this chapter. 

The composition of the electrolyte is quite important in controlling the electrolytic deposition of the pertinent metal, the chemical interaction of the deposit with the electrolyte, and the electrical conductivity of the electrolyte. In the case of molten salts, the solvent cations and the solvent anions influence the electrodeposition process through the formation of complexes. The stability of these complexes determines the extent of the reversibility of the overall electroreduction process and, hence, the type of the deposit formed. By selecting a suitable mixture of solvent cations to produce a chemically stable solution with strong solute cation-anion interactions, it is possible to optimize the stability of the complexes so as to obtain the best deposition kinetics. In the case of refractory and reactive metals, the presence of a reasonably stable complex is necessary in order to yield a coherent deposition rather than a dendritic type of deposition. 

The metallic impurities present in an impure metal can be broadly divided into two groups those nobler (less electronegative) and those less noble or baser (more electronegative) as compared to the metal to be purified. Purification with respect to these two classes of impurities occurs due to the chemical and the electrochemical reactions that take place at the anode and at the cathode. At the anode, the impurities which are baser than the metal to be purified would go into solution by chemical displacement and by electrochemical reactions whereas the nobler impurities would remain behind as sludges. At the cathode, the baser impurities would not get electrolytically deposited because of the unfavorable electrode potential and the concentration of these impurities would build up in the electrolyte. If, however, the baser impurities enter the cell via the electrolyte or from the construction materials of the cell, there would be no accumulation or build up because these would readily co-deposit at the cathode and contaminate the metal. It is for this reason that it is extremely important to select the electrolyte and the construction materials of the cell carefully. In actual practice, some of the baser impurities do get transferred to the cathode due to chemical reactions. As an example, let the case of the electrorefining of vanadium in a molten electrolyte composed of sodium chloride-potassium chloride-vanadium dichloride be considered. Aluminum and iron are typically considered as baser and nobler impurities in the metal. When the impure metal is brought into contact with the molten electrolyte, the following reaction occurs... 

The most powerful approach, at least in principle, is the measurement of the rate of the desired reaction as a function of potential and reagent concentration. In essence, any reaction can be written as a set of consecutive steps this is true even if the reaction is apparently a simple process such as the electrolyte deposition of a monovalent cation such as Ag +, since loss of water of hydration from the cation and the (possibly assisted) transport of atoms over the surface to appropriate lattice sites are clearly consecutive processes. 

Electrocodeposition is the process of particle incorporation during the electrolytic deposition of metal, as shown in Fig. 1. This process produces composite films con-... 

D 1262 23 > 0.1% For new and used greases. Wet ashing with H2S04, HNO3 and H202 gravimetric determination by electrolytic deposition of Pb02 on Pt anode. 

Solution reaction between analytes and reagents to give sparingly soluble products filtration, drying or ignition of precipitates electrolytic deposition of metals weighing. 

FIGURE 6.12 Siemens Westinghouse SOFC cross-sectional micrograph, showing a dense YSZ electrolyte deposited by EVD [48]. Reprinted from [48] with permission from Elsevier. 

The potential benefits of plasma spraying as an SOFC processing route have generated considerable interest in the process. In the manufacture of tubular SOFCs, APS is already widely used for the deposition of the interconnect layers on tubular cells, and has also been used for the deposition of individual electrode and electrolyte materials, with increasing interest in utilizing APS rather than EVD for electrolyte deposition due to the high cost of the EVD process [48, 51,104],... 

G.J. Van Berkel, Electrolytic deposition of metals on to the high-voltage contact in an electrospray emitter Implications for gas-phase ion formation, J. Mass Spectrom., 35 (2000) 773-783. 

Van Berkel, G.J. Electrolytic Deposition of Metals on to the High-Voltage Contact in an ESI Emitter Implications for Gas-Phase Ion Formation. J. Mass Spectrom. 2000, 35, 773-783. 

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