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Titanium electroplating

jhonn - 25-5-2013 at 17:12

Is it possible to electroplate titanium in a oxygen free, aprotic solvent? Or even in a molten titanium salt ?

IrC - 26-5-2013 at 04:11

Is it possible people can search and research before asking.

http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=4946

http://books.google.com/books?id=HgzukknbNGAC&pg=PA92&am...

http://iopscience.iop.org/1468-6996/7/6/A03

http://socalracer8.tripod.com/id17.htm

blogfast25 - 26-5-2013 at 04:50

That first link doesn't seem to work. [Edit: spoke too soon; there seems to have been a temporary glitch]

jhonn: what are you looking to do? Electroplate titanium onto a substrate or electroplate something onto a titanium substrate (see last link)?

[Edited on 26-5-2013 by blogfast25]

jhonn - 26-5-2013 at 06:54

Quote: Originally posted by blogfast25  
That first link doesn't seem to work. [Edit: spoke too soon; there seems to have been a temporary glitch]

jhonn: what are you looking to do? Electroplate titanium onto a substrate or electroplate something onto a titanium substrate (see last link)?

[Edited on 26-5-2013 by blogfast25]


I want to electroplate titanium onto a substrate, because of its corrosion resistance.

hyfalcon - 26-5-2013 at 07:53

Exactly, what kind of substrate?

jhonn - 26-5-2013 at 12:43

Quote: Originally posted by hyfalcon  
Exactly, what kind of substrate?

Stainless steel. But if this is possible with other metals, or any other kind of material, i still would like to know.

hyfalcon - 26-5-2013 at 12:48

Is this what you're talking about? Google is your friend.

http://iopscience.iop.org/1468-6996/7/6/A03

jhonn - 26-5-2013 at 13:00

Quote: Originally posted by hyfalcon  
Is this what you're talking about? Google is your friend.

http://iopscience.iop.org/1468-6996/7/6/A03

This process involves high temperatures, and takes 10 h. I was looking for something simpler.

hyfalcon - 26-5-2013 at 14:23

http://www.metalfinishing.com/view/24839/an-alternative-appr...

http://www.sciencemadness.org/talk/viewthread.php?tid=4946

I hate to sound like an echo, but UTFSE. You need to learn your own research skills.


Last spoon from me. Try searching google patents.

http://www.google.com/patents/EP0023762A1?cl=en&dq=elect...

[Edited on 27-5-2013 by hyfalcon]

blogfast25 - 27-5-2013 at 04:57

At the hobbyist level, your only hope is probably something involving Ti (III) because at least it's fairly easy to produce in watery solution and maybe can be deposited as metal in a way somewhat analogous to electro-galvanisation and other forms of electro-plating. Solutions of Ti (III) salts can be prepared by direct dissolution of Ti metal (powder, for instance) in strong HCl or by reduction of TiOSO4 solutions with Zn, Fe or Al.

Hyfalcon's last link seems to be along those lines.



[Edited on 27-5-2013 by blogfast25]