FEATURES OF TEXTURE FORMATION IN POLYMORPHIC METALS BEING ELECTRODEPOSITED

The aim of this work was further experimental verification of the existence of the phenomenon of electrochemical phase formation in metals and alloys via a supercooled liquid state stage. According to proposed idea the slowing down of the process of polymorphic transformation in a metal being electrodeposited should be accompanied by an intensive formation of the texture of the metastable modification and suppression of the texture development of the stable modification. The results of the texture analysis of electrodeposited cobalt as a model metal showed that under slowing down the polymorphic transformation process in a metal being electrodeposited, the texture formation is intensified in the metastable modification, but suppressed in the stable modification. The finding is another proof of the existence of the phenomenon of electrochemical phase formation in metals and alloys through a supercooled liquid state stage.