The Preparation and Research of the Electroless Plating Rare Earth Alloys

Abstract:

The Ni-Fe-La-P rare earth alloys of glass fiber were prepared. Rare earth element lanthanum (La) was first introduced into glass fiber by electroless plating, in order to improve and adjust the chemical, physical properties and microstructure of alloy coatings. The application of rare earth element La in electroless plating was explored. The results showed that an appropriate amount of rare earth element La could improve the stability of the chemical plating solution and reduce the temperature of electroless plating by 6 °C ~ 20 °C. The rare earth element La not only could make the morphology of alloy coatings compacted, smooth and uniform, but also could greatly improve the contents of Fe, Ni and could tremendously reduce the content of P in the alloy coatings of glass fiber. The conductivity and magnetic properties of the alloy coatings could be increased by rare earth element La. In the preparation of the Ni-Fe-La-P electroless alloys of glass fiber, the optimal content of La₂O₃ was 1.2 g·L^-1. Rare earth element La could promote the transition of alloy coatings from amorphous state to rystal state, improve the electromagnetic performances of alloy coatings and enhance the electromagnetic wave absorbing properties of alloy coatings.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 1052)
• Pages: 101-108
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.1052.101
• Online since: October 2014
• Authors: Xiu Lan Qin, Lin Jie He, Yan Li Wang, Ke Wang, Ming Ming Gao, Yang Zhang, Xin Ke Yang, Qian Chen, Wei Hua Dong, Lu Zhang
• Keywords: Electroless Plating, Glass Fiber, Ni-Fe-La-P Alloys, Rare Earth Element

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