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A Model Describing the Process of the Electrodeposition of Zinc Loose Deposits in Pulsed Current Modes

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A phenomenological model describing the change in the structural characteristics of loose zinc deposits obtained in pulsed current modes is presented. Comparison of experimental data on the structural properties of deposits with the results of model calculations indicates the adequacy of the model. To describe the features of the dendritic deposit growth and to determine the duration of the homogeneous structure formation in pulsed modes, the concept of critical thickness is introduced, at which a sharp change in the loose deposit density occurs. The dependence of the zinc deposit critical thickness on the pulse duty ratio under pulsed current modes is determined. The increasing of the pulse duty ratio leads to denser deposits with rounded dendrite shapes and fewer growth points, as compared with the deposit obtained in galvanostatic mode.

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This work is supported by the Ministry of Sciences and Higher Education of the Russian Federation (the project of the Ural Federal Yeltsin University after the program “Priority-2030.”

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    V. S. Nikitin, T. N. Ostanina, V. M. Rudoy & N. I. Ostanin

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Nikitin, V.S., Ostanina, T.N., Rudoy, V.M. et al. A Model Describing the Process of the Electrodeposition of Zinc Loose Deposits in Pulsed Current Modes. Russ J Electrochem 59, 501–511 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1023193523070066

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