Title Structural and morphological study of silver electrodeposits /
Translation of Title Sidabro galvaninių dangų struktūra ir morfologija.
Authors Cesiulis, Henrikas ; Bersirova, Oksana ; Valiūnienė, Aušra ; Prosyčevas, Igoris ; Baltrūnas, Gintaras
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Is Part of Materials science = Medžiagotyra / Kaunas University of Technology, Academy of Sciences of Lithuania.. Kaunas : Technologija. 2004, Vol. 10, no. 2, p. 142-146.. ISSN 1392-1320
Keywords [eng] Silver electroplating ; Electrodeposition ; Nanostructure ; XRD ; STM
Abstract [eng] The structure and morphology of silver deposits obtained from 5 types of electroplating baths under predetermined optimal electrodeposition conditions have been studied. The deposits were formed from solutions: (a) 0.2 M KAg(CN)2 + 0.5 M KCN + 0.2 M KOH; (b) 0.2 M KAg(CN)2 + 2 M KCNS + 1 M K2CO3; (c) 0.13 M KAg(CN)2 + 0.82 M KH2PO4 + 0.41 M H3BO3 + 0.15 M K2CO3 + 0.69 M KOH; (d) 0.2 M AgNO3 + 2.5 M NaCNS; (e) 0.3 M AgNO3 + 2 M Na2SO3. The obtained silver coatings as well as metallurgic silver were polycrystalline and nanocrystalline (the values of grain size were 36.9 – 56.5 nm). The peak broadening for electrodeposits is defined mainly by grain sizes whereas in metallurgic Ag one is governed my both grain sizes and microstrains The deposits obtained from the baths in which thiocyanate or sulfite Ag(I) complexes were a source of silver contain all possible textures like in metallurgic silver, whereas deposits obtained from the baths in which Ag(CN)2– complexes were a source of Ag(I) does not contain texture (220) or corresponding peak is negligibly low. The values of lattice parameter and interplanar distance are provided. The roughness of electrodeposits was evaluated based on the STM examination and are in the range 34.3 nm to 80.8 nm.
Published Kaunas : Technologija
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2004
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