Interface crystallography of iron-group metals and alloys electrodeposited on copper

Abstract

A wide range of binary Co, Fe, Ni alloys has been prepared by electrodeposition on to cube-textured copper substrates. The alloys, after removal from the substrate were examined by transmission electron microscopy. All alloys were found to be of either b.c.c., f.c.c. or c.p.h. structure according to their composition. The interface crystallography of these alloys is discussed in terms of the relationships between prominent directions in the iron-group alloys, and the direction of the copper face diagonals in the cube-textured substrate.