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Pb–Cu alloy coatings were electrodeposited on steel sheet cathodes from baths containing mixtures of lead nitrate, copper nitrate and sodium gluconate. Cathodic polarization, cathodic current efficiency and deposit composition were determined under different plating conditions. The results were consistent with the behaviour of a regular plating system with copper being the preferentially depositable metal. The lead (the less noble metal) content in the deposits increased with increase in current density and concentration of lead in the bath but decreased with increase in bath copper concentration. The structure and morphology of the as-deposited coatings were examined by X-ray, AES and SEM. The results showed that the deposits consist of a mixture of fine crystals of the two metals and the morphology of the deposits is mainly controlled by the composition of the deposit.
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REHIM , S.S.A.E., MOHAMED , N.F., AMIN , N.H. et al. Electrodeposition of Pb–Cu alloy coatings from gluconate baths. Journal of Applied Electrochemistry 27, 1385–1389 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1018477213602
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