Preparation of Pulse Electrodeposited Mo-Ni Coating

Mo-Ni coatings were prepared on Ni alloy by pulse electrodeposition method. The effects of current density, electrodeposition temperature, frequency, duty cycle and electrodeposition time on microhardness of Mo-Ni coating were researched, respectively. Microhardness of Mo-Ni coating increases with the increase of current density, electrodeposition temperature, frequency and electro-deposition time in 17.75 A/dm2 ~ 19.25 A/dm2. 21 °C~ 25 °C, 1000 Hz ~ 5000 Hz and 10 min ~ 20 min, respectively. Microhardness of Mo-Ni coating decreases with the increase of electrodeposition temperature, electrodeposition time and duty cycle in 25 °C ~ 37 °C, 20 min ~ 30 min and 0.5 ~ 0.9, respectively. In the range of current density from 19.25A/dm2 to 20.75 A/dm2, microhardness of Mo-Ni coating is neariy constant with the increase of current density. When electrodeposition parameters: current density 19.25 A/dm2, electro-deposition temperature 25 °C, frequency 5000 Hz, duty cycle 0.5 and electrodeposition time 20 min, microhardness of Mo-Ni coatin is as high as 707.9 HV.