AN ATTEMPT TO QUANTIFY ELECTRODEPOSIT METALLOGRAPHIC GROWTH STRUCTURES

A method is proposed to characterize quantitatively metallographic cro ss-sectional structures of electrodeposits pertaining to the BR, FT, F T-UD, and UD types in Fischer's classification which makes use of only three parameters to evaluate in three zones parallel to the substrate . The method is manual, but research is in progress to make it automat ic on the basis of a specific image analysis program. The method shoul d also be useful to characterize any structured deposit obtained by me thods other than electrodeposition.