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- Title
Comparative Study of Ni-Sn Alloys Electrodeposited from Choline Chloride-Based Ionic Liquids in Direct and Pulsed Current.
- Authors
Rosoiu, Sabrina Patricia; Pantazi, Aida Ghiulnare; Petica, Aurora; Cojocaru, Anca; Costovici, Stefania; Zanella, Caterina; Visan, Teodor; Anicai, Liana; Enachescu, Marius
- Abstract
This work presents, for the first time, the electrodeposition of Ni-Sn alloys in pulse current, from deep eutectic solvents (choline chloride: ethylene glycol eutectic mixture). Additionally, in this study, we report a comparison of the electrodeposition methods known as pulse and direct current. The elemental composition of the films, evaluated from EDX, remained almost constant independently on the electrodeposition parameters. The XRD data revealed the presence of the NiSn metastable phase, which has been confirmed by DSC analysis. This phase shows a nanocrystalline structure with crystallite sizes between 12 and 20 nm. The use of pulse current electrodeposition method has led to an improvement of alloys' mechanical properties. Moreover, by controlling the electrodeposition parameters, we succeeded in tuning the mechanical properties of the coatings prepared through the PC method. We showed that the hardness parameters exhibited by the Ni-Sn alloys are strongly dependent on their crystallite sizes.
- Subjects
CHOLINE chloride; DIRECT currents; ALLOY plating; IONIC liquids; LEAD alloys; ALLOYS; COBALT nickel alloys
- Publication
Coatings (2079-6412), 2019, Vol 9, Issue 12, p801
- ISSN
2079-6412
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/coatings9120801