Oscillations and spatio-temporal structures during electrodeposition of AgCd alloys

At high cadmium content during alloy deposition, the formation of periodical structures consisting of different phases of the alloy is registered. The cadmium content of the different morphological areas of the patterns is almost identical. The XRD spectra of the obtained structured coatings suggest the existence of two textured phases, with a very strong preferred orientations of the crystallites in the direction 〈1 0 1〉 for the pure cadmium phase.