Electroplating process of amorphous Fe-Ni-Cr alloy
来源期刊:中国有色金属学报(英文版)2001年第6期
论文作者:何湘柱 夏畅斌 王红军 龚竹清 蒋汉瀛
文章页码:956 - 959
Key words:amorphism; Fe-Ni-Cr alloy; electroplating; trivalent chromium; chloride
Abstract: A novel process of electroplating amorphous Fe-Cr-Ni alloy in chloride aqueous solution with Fe(Ⅱ), Ni(Ⅱ) and Cr(Ⅲ) was reported. Couple plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES), X-ray diffractometry(XRD), scanning electronic microscopy(SEM), microhardness test and rapid heating-cooling method were adopted to detect the properties of the amorphous Fe-Ni-Cr deposit, such as composition, crystalline structure, micrograph, hardness, and adherence between deposit and substrate. The effects of the operating parameters on the electrodeposit of the amorphous Fe-Ni-Cr alloy were discussed in detail. The results show that a 8.7?μm thick mirrorlike amorphous Fe-Ni-Cr alloy deposit, with Vicker's hardness of 530 and composition of 45%~55% Fe, 33%~37% Ni, 9%~23% Cr was obtained by electroplating for 20min at room temperature(10~30℃), cathode current 10~16A/dm2, pH=1.0~3.0. The XRD patterns show that there only appears a broad hump around 2θ of 41°~47° for the amorphous Fe-Ni-Cr alloy deposit, while the SEM micrographs show that the deposit contains only a few fine cracks but no pinholes.