Surface Morphology and Crystallographic Orientation of Electrodeposited Iron Films

Abstract

The crystallographic structure and surface morphology of Fe films electrodeposited from three kinds of baths, sulfate, chloride and sulfamate baths, were studied by SEM, XRD. The surface morphology and crystallographic orientation of Fe films deposited on a Ni–P amorphous substrate were varied with electrodeposition bath composition and conditions. The {211} plane appeared to be mainly a preferential orientation of films deposited from all baths examined in this study.