electrodeposition
- noun
- /ˌɛlɛkˌtroʊdɪˈpɒzɪʃən/
- Specialized
- Researchers are exploring electrodeposition as a method to improve the durability of electronic components.
Examples
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We review here the challenges of filling trenches and vias with Cu without creating a void or seam, and the discovery that electrodeposition can be engineered to give filling performance significantly better than that achievable with conformal step coverage.
Academic text (1998) -
To power the various stops, breakers, and probes, designers specified thin wall metal bellows, manufactured through an electrodeposition process by Servometer of Cedar Grove, N.J.
Academic text (2001) -
Taking the view that the surface concentration of the adsorbates responsible for retarding electrodeposition is determined by a dynamic balance between the arrival of fresh additive and its consumption, we relate the degree of kinetic inhibition directly to the flux of inhibitor N A.
Academic text (1998) -
The technician explained how electrodeposition is used to create a protective layer on metal surfaces.
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During the experiment, we observed the electrodeposition of copper onto the electrode when we applied the electrical current.
Synonyms
To coat an object with a thin layer of metal using electricity
Surface Forms
Morphology
electrodeposition = deposition (semi-transparent) = electro + deposit + ion
The word is formed transparently from electro- plus deposition, but the sense is a specialized technical term from electrochemistry.
Etymology
Electrodeposition breaks into electro- meaning 'electric' and deposit meaning 'to put down'. So electrodeposition is the process of 'putting down' a layer of material on an electrode by using electric current, which is why it is used to coat metal parts.