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Phase composition of electrodeposited silver-indium alloys

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The phase composition of electrochemically obtained Ag-In alloy coatings electrodeposited at different conditions was determined. With the increase in the current density, both indium content and heterogeneity of the deposited layers increase. The amount of the indium-richer phase increase as well. Before the thermal treatment, the phases Ag, Ag3In, and In4Ag9 are observed in coatings with spatio-temporal structures. As a result of heating the new phase Ag4In appears at temperatures above 500 °C and indium is oxidized up to In2O3 from the oxygen in the heating chamber. Up to 500 °C, the spatio-temporal structures are still visible. Probably they consist of both Ag-rich α-phase and one of the phases of the alloy system with small indium content, such as Ag4In or Ag3In.

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The authors are thankful to Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) (Project 436 BUL 113/97/0-3) and to the FP6 European project NANOPHEN (INCO-CT-2005-106696) for supporting this study.

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  1. “Rostislaw Kaischew” Inst. Phys. Chem. Bulg. Acad. Sci., 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria

    Ts. Dobrovolska & I. Krastev

  2. Forschungsinstitut für Edelmetalle und Metallchemie, 73525, Schwäbisch Gmünd, Germany

    G. Beck & A. Zielonka

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Dobrovolska, T., Beck, G., Krastev, I. et al. Phase composition of electrodeposited silver-indium alloys. J Solid State Electrochem 12, 1461–1467 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10008-007-0489-8

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