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Platinum black electroplating
2001
Q. I'm looking for information on platinum black and platinum black electroplating. I have been having trouble locating research articles and books pertaining to this topic.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Ron Kushner- Sylmar, California, USA
Need platinum black thin film deposited into metal sponge
2003RFQ: I am looking for a source for plating a thin film of platinum black into the pores of a metal sponge.
Tony Iacovellidirector of R+D - Asheville, North Carolina, USA
Ed. note: Sorry, this RFQ for private contact is now outdated, but public technical replies are still welcome. No public brand/source suggestions please ( huh? why?)
2005
Q. I am trying to do platinum black electroplating using ysi 3140 platinizing solution. But I get either clustered or non uniform platinum black coating. Can anybody suggest, how to do a uniform platinum black coating.
Ajay Vikramalabama university - Montgomery, Alabama
"Standard Methods for Examination of Water & Wastewater"
by American Public Health Association
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A. There is a procedure for coating conductivity electrodes with platinum black in the "Conductivity" chapter of
<== "Standard Methods for the Examination of Water and Wastewater" that might be of help to you.

Dave Wichern
Consultant - The Bronx, New York
October 18, 2010
Q. I am experimenting with plating for neurological studies and am having trouble finding source of Platinum black on the web. Can anyone help?
Update: I have found suppliers but I still need information on how much PtBlk/liter to use when I plate a Pt electrode. I have read several papers, (Mareese, Feltham/Sriro, Mills, Desai, etc.), they all talk about the plating solution, (typically Cloroplatic acid and a lead compound), but none indicate how much Platinum Black they used.
engineer - Bozeman, Montana, USA
October 21, 2010
A. It depends on what you want to do? To plate platinum black on platinum? In that case you can use next solution and process (According to: G.Buchner:Metallfaerbung, Berlin 1922.): 300 mll water, 10 gm platinum chloride/0,08 gm lead acetate [affil link], 4-6 V, current density must be so strong that many gas bubbles forms, after 3-4 minutes poles must be reversed(+=-,-=+) and after 10 minutes black platinum must be formed. Hope it helps and good luck!
Goran Budija- Cerovski vrh Croatia
October 21, 2010
Thanks for your response. One of my pitfalls was thinking that platinum black needed to be added to the bath rather than the Pt being reduced from the chloroplatic acid.
Electronics - Bozeman, Montana, USA
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