Iron, electrodeposition

Czerwinski F, Kondo K, Szpunar JA (1997) Atomic force microscopy study of surface morphology of zinc-iron electrodeposits. J Electrochem Soc 144 481-484... 

The polarization curves corrected for IR drop for the processes of Fe, Ni, and Fe-Ni alloy powder electrodeposition from ammonium chloride-sodium citrate containing supporting electrolyte in the presence of Fe(ll) and Ni(II) species are shown in Fig. 8.14. In the case of Fe(II) salts, polarization curve for iron electrodeposition (Fe) was placed at more positive potentials than that for nickel (Ni) as it is expected from the values of their reversible potentials. The polarization curves for Fe-Ni alloy powder electrodeposition are placed in between, and all of them were placed at more positive potentials than expected from the Ni/Fe ratio, indicating anomalous codeposition. 

Figure 17.3 An electrochemical cell consisting of iron and zinc electrodes, each of which is immersed in a 1 M solution of its ion. The iron electrodeposits while the zinc corrodes.

Aqueous Electrodeposition. The theory of electro deposition is well known (see Electroplating). Of the numerous metals used in electro deposition, only 10 have been reduced to large-scale commercial practice. The most commonly plated metals are chromium, nickel, copper, zinc, rhodium, silver, cadmium, tin, and gold, followed by the less frequendy plated metals iron, cesium, platinum, and palladium, and the infrequendy plated metals indium, mthenium, and rhenium. Of these, only platinum, rhodium, iddium, and rhenium are refractory. 

Solvent for Electrolytic Reactions. Dimethyl sulfoxide has been widely used as a solvent for polarographic studies and a more negative cathode potential can be used in it than in water. In DMSO, cations can be successfully reduced to metals that react with water. Thus, the following metals have been electrodeposited from their salts in DMSO cerium, actinides, iron, nickel, cobalt, and manganese as amorphous deposits zinc, cadmium, tin, and bismuth as crystalline deposits and chromium, silver, lead, copper, and titanium (96—103). Generally, no metal less noble than zinc can be deposited from DMSO. 

Practices for preparation of and electroplating on Chromium (Electrodeposits) on Chromium Copper and Copper-Base Mllojs Iron Castings Eead and EeadMllojs Magnesium and Magnesium Mllojs Molybdenum and Molybdenum Mlloys MickelMlloys... 

Electrodeposition of Nickel-Iron Alloys Djokic, S. S. Maksimovic, M. D. 22... 

The potentiostatic electrodeposition of iron selenide thin films has been reported recently in aqueous baths of ferric chloride (FeCb) and Se02 onto stainless steel and fluorine-doped TO-glass substrates [193], The films were characterized as polycrystalline and rich in iron, containing in particular a monoclinic FesSea phase. Optical absorption studies showed the presence of direct transition with band gap energy of 1.23 eV. 

Note that essentially the same behavior as for the Ni-P alloy deposition was observed in electrodeposition of other iron-group alloys, such as Co-W and Ni-W alloys. Namely, the deposition current in the presence of Na2W04 (the W-source of the Co-W and Ni-W alloys) started to flow at a more positive potential than in the absence of Na2W04, indicating that the electrodeposition of the Co-W and Ni-W alloys occurs by essentially the same mechanism as that of the Ni-P alloy, suggesting the presence of a general mechanism for the induced co-deposition of these alloys. 

Early measurements of " Th were on seawater samples and Th was co-precipitated from 20-30 L of seawater with iron hydroxide (Bhat et al. 1969). This procedure may not recover all of the " Th in the sample, and an alpha emitting Th isotope (e g., °Th or Th) is added as a yield monitor. Following chemical purification of the Th fraction by ion exchange chromatography, the Th is electrodeposited onto platinum or stainless steel planchets. The planchets are then counted in a low background gas-flow beta detector to measure the beta activity and subsequently with a silicon surface barrier detector to determine the alpha activity of the yield monitor. The " Th activity is thus determined as ... 

Sea water Co-precipitation with iron hydroxide, purified by anion exchange, coprecipitation with BiP04, cation exchange, electrodeposition a -Spectroscopy No data 64-79% Lovette et al. 1990... 

Walken R, Halagan SA (1985) Electrodeposition of nickel-iron alloys with ultrasound. Plat Surf Finish 72 68-73... 

Mitchell, J. A., The Electrodeposition of Cobalt, Iron, Antimony and Their Alloys from Acidic Aluminum Chloride 1 -methyl-3-ethylimidazolium Chloride Room-Temperature Molten Salts, Ph.D. Dissertation, 1997, University of Mississippi University, MS. 

Singh R.N., Pandey J.P., Anitha K.L., Preparation of electrodeposited thin films of nickel-iron alloys on mild steel for alkaline water electrolysis. Part I Studies on oxygen evolution, Int. J. Hydrogen Energ., 18(6), 467-473,1993. 

In electroplating industrial iron metals, zinc metal electrodeposition is accompanied by the formation of Zn-Ni, Zn-Co, and Zn-Fe alloys, where zinc electrodeposition is known to be anomalous in some cases. The ratio of zinc metal to iron metal in those alloys is sometimes higher than that of the electroplating bath solution, and zinc ions occasionally deposit at potentials positive to the equilibrium potential of zinc ions on zinc metal although is very negative to the equilibrium potentials of iron metals. It can be seen from the study of underpotential deposition of zinc ions " that this is not anomalous, but could be explained as an underpotential deposition phenomenon, to be clarified in further work. 

Having identified the main features of electrochemistry, the remainder of this chapter will focus on the use of electrolytic cells and will use as examples the electrodeposition (or electroplating) of metals such as copper, zinc, iron, chromium, nickel and silver. The chapter will also consider the electrochemistry of some organic molecules. Electroanalysis will not be considered since a full description is not within the scope of this chapter. Eor those interested readers, there is a review on the topic [2],... 

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