Growth of three-dimensional silver fractal electrodeposits under damped free convection

Quasispherical three-dimensional Ag electrodeposits grown at constant potential and damped free convection exhibit a quasi-isotropic radial growth up to a critical radius r<sub>c</sub>≃0.3 cm and a mass fractal dimension D<sub>M</sub>=2.5. For r≫r<sub>c</sub>, D&l...

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Autores: Carro, P., Marchiano, Susana Lucy, Hernández Creus, A., González, S., Salvarezza, Roberto Carlos, Arvia, Alejandro Jorge
Formato: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:1993
País:Argentina
Recursos:Universidad Nacional de La Plata
Repositorio:SEDICI (UNLP)
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:sedici.unlp.edu.ar:10915/121117
Acesso em linha:http://sedici.unlp.edu.ar/handle/10915/121117
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Ciencias Exactas
Química
Ag electrodeposits
Silver
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Resumo:Quasispherical three-dimensional Ag electrodeposits grown at constant potential and damped free convection exhibit a quasi-isotropic radial growth up to a critical radius r<sub>c</sub>≃0.3 cm and a mass fractal dimension D<sub>M</sub>=2.5. For r≫r<sub>c</sub>, D<sub>M</sub>→3. The product v<sub>r</sub>η’ is nearly constant, v<sub>r</sub> being the radial growth velocity, and η’ the apparent medium viscosity. It appears that v<sub>r</sub> is determined by the Laplacian field operating between cathode and anode.