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Suitable zirconium salts for electroplating

2003

Subject: suitable Zirconium salts for electroplating

Task: we are planning to electroplate a carbon- Carbon composite material with Zirconium,

Looking for : we are looking for information about what Zirconium salts can be used for this purpose and what are the plating conditions that are required etc..

Ivaturi Srikanth
Research & Development leading to product development - Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India

I am fascinated. As far as I am aware, it is not possible to electrodeposit zirconium from an aqueous bath; however, if you know better, please tell us all. I believe the only ways you may get zirconium down is to use a fused salt bath comprising K2ZrF6 with NaCl. I believe there was a non-aqueous bath suggested using ether along with halides, hydrides or borohydrides along with organometallics, but I don't know anything about it. I eagerly await your information on aqueous plating of zirconium.

Trevor Crichton
R&D practical scientist
Chesham, Bucks, UK
2003

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