PHASE TEXTURE OF ELECTROLYTIC COBALT

A theoretical treatment is given for the phase composition of electrol ytic cobalt. The existence of two-phase cobalt deposits is attributed to the adsorption processes that occur in the surface layer. Texture c orrespondence between two-phase fcc and hcp cobalt is calculated and s ubstantiated for various singular planes at the early stage of nucleat ion. The texture formation correlates with the relative amount of alph a and beta phase cobalt in the coating and the concentration of crysta l lattice defects for the adsorption-complicated case.