Cupronickel alloys are known for their excellent corrosion resistance, especially in marine atmosphere. The development of an appropriate electroless bath involves the use of a reducing agent, complexing and stabilizing compounds and metallic salts.In this work, autocatalytic deposition of Ni–Cu–P alloys (28–95 wt.% Ni, 66–0 wt.% Cu, 7.5–3 wt.% P) has been carried out on 302 b steel sheets from bath containing: NiCl2_6H2O, CuCl2_2H2O, NaH2PO2, Na citrate, sulphosalicilic acid and triethanolamine. The effects of pH, temperature, and bath composition on the hardness and the composition of deposits have been studied. In addition, the deposition rates of alloy, nickel, copper and phosphorus were investigated and optimum conditions were obtained. The average rate of alloy deposition was 9 mg cm_2 h_1 and the optimum pH and temperature were 8.5 and 80 8C, respectively. The chemical stability of bath was desirable, and no spontaneous decomposition occurred. The changes in the structure of deposit by heat treatment were studied by the X-ray diffraction (XRD) method. The XRD patterns indicate that the copper content affects the structure changes. With increasing copper content, the phosphorus content decreased and the crystallinity of the deposits grew. After heat treatment of alloys with lower copper content at 400 8C for 1 h, the crystallization to Ni3P was observed.
کلید واژگان :Electroless deposition; Copper–nickel–phosphorous alloy; X-ray diffraction patterns
ارزش ریالی : 600000 ریال
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