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prof. B. Grgur

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Bajat, J.B., Stanković, S., Jokić, B.M., Electrochemical deposition and corrosion stability of Zn-Co alloys, Journal of Solid State Electrochemistry, 2009: 13 (5), pp. 755-762

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Bajat, J.B., Maksimović, M.D., Mišković-Stanković, V.B., Zec, S., Electrodeposition and characterization of Zn-Ni alloys as sublayers for epoxy coating deposition, Journal of Applied Electrochemistry, 2001: 31 (3), pp. 355-361

see my papers with Dr Visalakshi Ravindran

Boric acid is a buffer

see nano aspects of electro deposition - books are there

Thanks a lot professors for you kind and prompt reply.

But I do not believe that the role of boric acid is just to work as a buffer

with all my respect

It is always used in plating baths

it also provides conductivity

See the paper appeared in J ELECTROCHEM Soc appeared long time back on the role of boric acid a cyclic voltammetry study

I have this old paper

yes professor, but the rule of anion adsorption derived from boric acid cannot be neglected

and I think many plating bath used boric acid are mainly acidic and at this condition boric acid can not act as a buffering agent according to its dissociation constant

all the best

Thanks a lot Prof. Hamdy