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Problems with the Ni-P equilibrium phase diagram

2005

Hello, I am a engineering student and I am working in my thesis work about electroless nickel plating. I have a lot of Ni-P phase diagrams, but neither of them shows the different structures (amorphous, semicrystalline and crystalline) produced by the P content.

I will be very grateful if somebody tell me where I can obtain a complete Ni-P phase diagram.

Ivan Korin
University of Comahue - Neuquen, Argentina

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2005

The phase diagram was published in:
"The Metallurgical Structure of Electroless Nickel Deposits: Effect on the Coating Properties", Plating and Surface Finishing, Vol. 83, No. 11 (1996) p. 65-69.

It was also reproduced in NACE International's report NACE 6a287, "Electroless Nickel Coatings".

Ron Duncan [deceased]
- LaVergne, Tennessee
It is our sad duty to note Ron's passing on Dec. 15, 2006. A brief obituary opens Episode 13 of our Podcast.

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Dear Mr Duncan,

I have the Ni-P phase diagram reproduced in NACE International's report No. 6A287, "Electroless Nickel Coatings".The problem is that it is not a coherent phase diagram. Its transformations lines do not respect the phase transformation rules. I think that it is only an schematic phase diagram, but I need a full diagram.

Ivan Korin
- Neuquén, Argentina
2005