{"title":"Electrodeposition of catalytically active nickel powder from sulphate baths: Effect of some operating variables","authors":"A.M. Abd El-Halim , R.M. Khalil","doi":"10.1016/0376-4583(85)90097-4","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Fine-grained nickel powder has been successfully electrodeposited from a very dilute all-sulphate bath of the composition 0.0125 moll<sup>−1</sup> NiSO<sub>4</sub> · 7H<sub>2</sub>O, 0.23 moll<sup>−1</sup> (NH<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub>, 0.1 moll<sup>−1</sup> H<sub>3</sub>BO<sub>3</sub> and 0.07moll<sup>−1</sup> Na<sub>2</sub>SO<sub>4</sub> · 10H<sub>2</sub>O. The current efficiency of the deposition process and the surface morphology, as well as the catalytic activity of the electrodeposited nickel powder towards the decomposition of 0.4% H<sub>2</sub>O<sub>2</sub> solution, were found to be fundamentally influenced by the operating variables pH, current density and duration of the electrolysis. X-ray diffraction studies revealed that the nickel powder is free from oxide and hydroxide contaminations. Under the optimum operating conditions (<em>pH</em> = 7.7 <em>j</em> = 13.3 A <em>dm</em><sup>−2</sup> and <em>t</em> = 10 min) the selected bath produced a nickel deposit characterized by catalytic activity approaching 100% with a deposition efficiency around 18%.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":22037,"journal":{"name":"Surface Technology","volume":"26 4","pages":"Pages 343-351"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1985-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/0376-4583(85)90097-4","citationCount":"7","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Surface Technology","FirstCategoryId":"1087","ListUrlMain":"https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0376458385900974","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Fine-grained nickel powder has been successfully electrodeposited from a very dilute all-sulphate bath of the composition 0.0125 moll−1 NiSO4 · 7H2O, 0.23 moll−1 (NH4)2SO4, 0.1 moll−1 H3BO3 and 0.07moll−1 Na2SO4 · 10H2O. The current efficiency of the deposition process and the surface morphology, as well as the catalytic activity of the electrodeposited nickel powder towards the decomposition of 0.4% H2O2 solution, were found to be fundamentally influenced by the operating variables pH, current density and duration of the electrolysis. X-ray diffraction studies revealed that the nickel powder is free from oxide and hydroxide contaminations. Under the optimum operating conditions (pH = 7.7 j = 13.3 A dm−2 and t = 10 min) the selected bath produced a nickel deposit characterized by catalytic activity approaching 100% with a deposition efficiency around 18%.