US2492204A - Electrodeposition of gold on tantalum - Google Patents
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- My invention relates to the art of electroplating and more particularly, to a method of electrodepositing a strongly adherent, durable and wear-resistant film of gold on tantalum grids for electronic tubes.
- My invention consists in first heating the tantalum metal preferably with an induction heating coil in a vacuum of the order of millimeters of mercury to a temperature of approximately 1900 C. After reaching this temperature the metal is allowed to cool before placing in an electroplating bath.
- the electroplating bath used comprises gold chlorides and a cyanide salt.
- Said bath may be prepared by dissolving 2.0 oz. of sodium cyanide in a quantity of lukewarm distilled water, a few ounces less than one U. S. gallon, then adding 0.5 oz. of gold chloride and making up to one gallon of solution.
- a predetermined portion of said electroplating bath is used, depending upon the size of the tantalum metal to be electroplated.
- the pretreated grid of tantalum metal, acting as the cathode, and an anode of gold or graphite are placed in an appropriate amount of said electroplating bath and maintained at a temperature of 70 C., while passing an electric current through said bath.
- a very low current density is used, such as .01 ampere per square centimeter and a time limit of the order of 8 minutes.
- the plated grid is then washed clean of said electroplating bath solution with distilled water and again placed in a vacuum of approximately 10- millimeters of mercury and heated with an induction heating coil to a temperature of approximately 1100 C. After cooling the plated tantalum grid is ready for use.
- the weight of gold plated on will be of the order of .3560 gram, when the initial weight of said tantalum grid is of the order of 4.0228 grams. This will give a thickness of plated gold of 1 mil on a 5 mil tantalum wire.
- the method of electrodepositing a strongly adherent gold film on tantalum grids of electronic tubes comprising heating said tantalum grid in a vacuum to a temperature of approximately 1900" C., allowing said tantalum grid to cool after it had reached said temperature, electrodepositing a, gold film on said tantalum grid from an electroplating bath solution consisting essentially of gold chloride, sodium cyanide and water, rinsing the plated metal from said electroplating bath solution and heating said plated grid in a vacuum to a temperature of approximately 1100 C.
- the method of electrodepositing a strongly adherent gold film on tantalum grids of electronic tubes comprising heating said tantalum grid with an induction heating coil in a vacuum of approximately 10" millimeter of mercury to a temperature of approximately 1900 C., allowing said tantalum to cool after it had reached said temperature, electrodepositing a gold film on said tantalum grid from an electroplating bath solution consisting essentially of gold chloride, sodium cyanide and water, rinsing the plated metal from said electroplating bath solution and heating said plated grid in a vacuum to a temperature of approximately 1100 C.
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Patented Dec. 27, 1949 ANTALU Russell D. Van Gilder, Avalon, Pa.--,Tassignor to the United States of America as represented by the Secretary of War No Drawing. Application May 23, 1945, Serial No. 595,381
(Granted under the act of March 3, 1883, as amended April 30, 1928; 370 0. G. 757) 2 Claims.
The invention described herein may be manufactured and used by or for the Government for governmental purposes, without the payment to me of any royalty thereon.
My invention relates to the art of electroplating and more particularly, to a method of electrodepositing a strongly adherent, durable and wear-resistant film of gold on tantalum grids for electronic tubes.
The difiiculties encountered in electroplating tantalum with precious metals are well known to the art. Such electrodepositions do not bond to the tantalum and can be stripped with ease.
It is the object of my invention to provide a method by which tantalum grids for electronic tubes may be electroplated with a very thin but strongly adherent gold film which will withstand all stresses and strains which the grid has to undergo while the tube is in operation.
Other objects and advantages of my invention will become apparent from the following description.
My invention consists in first heating the tantalum metal preferably with an induction heating coil in a vacuum of the order of millimeters of mercury to a temperature of approximately 1900 C. After reaching this temperature the metal is allowed to cool before placing in an electroplating bath.
In my method of the electrodeposition of gold on tantalum metal the electroplating bath used comprises gold chlorides and a cyanide salt. Said bath may be prepared by dissolving 2.0 oz. of sodium cyanide in a quantity of lukewarm distilled water, a few ounces less than one U. S. gallon, then adding 0.5 oz. of gold chloride and making up to one gallon of solution. A predetermined portion of said electroplating bath is used, depending upon the size of the tantalum metal to be electroplated.
The pretreated grid of tantalum metal, acting as the cathode, and an anode of gold or graphite are placed in an appropriate amount of said electroplating bath and maintained at a temperature of 70 C., while passing an electric current through said bath. A very low current density is used, such as .01 ampere per square centimeter and a time limit of the order of 8 minutes. The plated grid is then washed clean of said electroplating bath solution with distilled water and again placed in a vacuum of approximately 10- millimeters of mercury and heated with an induction heating coil to a temperature of approximately 1100 C. After cooling the plated tantalum grid is ready for use. In following the above described method of electrodeposition of gold on said tantalum grid the weight of gold plated on will be of the order of .3560 gram, when the initial weight of said tantalum grid is of the order of 4.0228 grams. This will give a thickness of plated gold of 1 mil on a 5 mil tantalum wire.
It is to be understood that variations and modifications may be made within the scope of my invention as those skilled in the art will readily understand.
Having thus described my invention I desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim:
1. The method of electrodepositing a strongly adherent gold film on tantalum grids of electronic tubes comprising heating said tantalum grid in a vacuum to a temperature of approximately 1900" C., allowing said tantalum grid to cool after it had reached said temperature, electrodepositing a, gold film on said tantalum grid from an electroplating bath solution consisting essentially of gold chloride, sodium cyanide and water, rinsing the plated metal from said electroplating bath solution and heating said plated grid in a vacuum to a temperature of approximately 1100 C.
2. The method of electrodepositing a strongly adherent gold film on tantalum grids of electronic tubes comprising heating said tantalum grid with an induction heating coil in a vacuum of approximately 10" millimeter of mercury to a temperature of approximately 1900 C., allowing said tantalum to cool after it had reached said temperature, electrodepositing a gold film on said tantalum grid from an electroplating bath solution consisting essentially of gold chloride, sodium cyanide and water, rinsing the plated metal from said electroplating bath solution and heating said plated grid in a vacuum to a temperature of approximately 1100 C.
RUSSELL D. VAN GILDER.
(References on following page) REFERENCES CITED OTHER REFERENCES The following references are of record in the Electrodeposition of Metals, by G. Langbein. file of this patent: 1924, pages 510, 511, 512.
Transactions of the American Electrochemical UNHED STATES PATENTS Society, vol. 23 (1913), pages 32-34. Number Name Date The Metal Tantalum, published by Fansteel 6 71 Aylsworth Ju y 1 1904 Metallurgical 00., N. Chicago, 111., 1939, pages 1,803,691 Brockway May 5, 19 1 4, 9, 2,093,845 c a p 1937 Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, 27 2,107,277 Austin Feb. 1 (1935), pages 1166, 1167. 2,116,927 Germer May 10, 1938 2,133,995 Lukens Oct. 25, 1938 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 1 5 797,485 France Feb. 17, 1936
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US2719797A (en) * | 1950-05-23 | 1955-10-04 | Baker & Co Inc | Platinizing tantalum |
US2928169A (en) * | 1957-01-07 | 1960-03-15 | John G Beach | Electroplated articles having molybdenum base metal |
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US4655884A (en) * | 1985-08-19 | 1987-04-07 | General Electric Company | Nickel plating of refractory metals |
US11753736B2 (en) | 2020-11-16 | 2023-09-12 | Raytheon Company | Indium electroplating on physical vapor deposition tantalum |
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US3071522A (en) * | 1958-10-30 | 1963-01-01 | Bell Telephone Labor Inc | Low resistance contact for semiconductors |
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