Open AccessELECTRODEPOSITION OF NICKEL ON URANIUM
Author(s) -
A.P. Beard,
D. D. Crooks
Publication year - 1954
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/4205475
Subject(s) - pickling , nickel , sulfuric acid , uranium , metallurgy , materials science , cathodic protection , aqueous solution , corrosion , boiling , electrochemistry , nuclear chemistry , chemistry , electrode , organic chemistry
Electrodeposited nickel coatings on uranium for protection from destructive corrosion in boiling water wns investigated. Correlation between the pretreatment of the uranium and subsequent protection by thin nickel coatings was established. Thin electrodeposited nickel coatings provide better protection when applied to a matte surface produced by blasting with an aqueous suspension of silica (100 mesh) followed by a cathodic treatment in 35 wt% sulfuric acid than when applied to the rough surfaces produced on uranium by anodic pretreatments and acid pickling. Blistering of nickel electrodeposits arising from hydrogen was encountered and eliminated. (auth