The effects of plating bath temperature and activation conditions on the crystallite size of palladium thin films produced on porous stainless steel by electroless plating were studied. Film thicknesses varied form 4.86 um to 11.1 um. Increasing plating temperature from 40 degree C to 60 degree C increased the average crystallite size measured by X-ray diffraction from 36 nm to 40 nm. Crystallite sizes were similar for membranes plated at the same temperature onto supports of different surface activation conditions.

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Creator

• Shepardson, Kevin Wesley.
• Merchant, Kyle Lawrence

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 05D509M

Advisor

• Ma, Yi Hua

Year

• 2005

Date created

• 2005-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Chemical Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2021-10-11