@article{b88b967f269c4309842e25bcdde65834,
title = "The effect of peptone on the structure of electrodeposited Sn-Fe binary alloys",
abstract = "Sn-Fe thin films were electrodeposited by constant current deposition on copper substrates using an aqueous gluconate based electrolyte with varying concentrations of the organic additive peptone. Good quality metallic deposits were obtained with surface morphologies which varied with the concentration of peptone present in the electrolyte. The effect of peptone concentration on the deposition process was studied using electrochemical polarization curves and EDX analysis. The effect of peptone concentration on deposit structure and surface morphology was investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and 57Fe and 119Sn conversion electron M{\"o}ssbauer spectroscopy (CEMS). It was concluded that the addition of small amounts of peptone to the electrolyte slightly increased the bath stability and led to changes in the alloy composition of the electrodeposits. It was found that increases in the peptone content increased the amount of the crystalline structure in the deposits with corresponding reductions in the amounts of amorphous structure present in the deposits.",
keywords = "amorphous alloys, Sn-Fe binary alloys, electroplating",
author = "Lak, {G. B.} and L. Szir{\'a}ki and E. Kuzmann and S. Stichleutner and C.U. Chisholm and M. El-Sharif and G. Varga and K. Havancs{\'a}k and Z. Homonnay",
note = "changed template to conf. proceeding (originally added as conf. paper) Changed to article template as DOI links to article page although published as part of the proceedings 'Part of the following topical collections: Proceedings of the International Conference on the Applications of the M{\"o}ssbauer Effect (ICAME 2015), Hamburg, Germany, 13-18 September 2015' Acceptance date: not available and added date to match earliest publication date (pub date confirms pre-REF scope). ET 23/1/20 ",
year = "2016",
month = dec,
doi = "10.1007/s10751-016-1226-4",
language = "English",
volume = "237",
journal = "Hyperfine Interactions",
issn = "0304-3843",
publisher = "Springer-Verlag",
}