ACTIVATED BASKET ANODES FROM NICKEL POWDER .1. LABORATORY FACILITIES FOR ASSESSING THE PERFORMANCE OF ANODES IN NICKEL ELECTROPLATING BATHS

Laboratory-scale facilities have been developed for evaluating the potential performance of nickel basket anodes in an industrial electroplating circuit. Two types of electroplating baths were investigated - one for testing single anodes and the other for testing multiple anodes in small baskets under simulated industrial conditions. By the use of reference nickel anodes whose industrial performance was already known, it was established that both facilities provided an economical means of determining the electrochemical activity and current efficiencies of experimental anodes being developed for industrial use. Importantly, they also provided the means of establishing the amount of residue likely to be generated by such anodes in an industrial situation.