Electrochemical Composite Coatings of Copper Containing Carbon Materials

One of the dynamically developing areas of modern science is the production and research of new materials with improved performance properties. The chapter is dedicated to obtaining of composite copper-carbon coatings by the electrochemical method. In the second phase, the carbon material is used, obtained by the authors of the chapter in an original way from nectarine kernel. The physical parameters and composition of the carbon material have been determined. Composite coatings of copper-carbon material are obtained from suspensions containing different concentrations of the second phase. It is established that the content of the second phase in the composite coating does not correlate with the amount of carbon material introduced into the suspension, and that the upper layers of the composite coating contain a greater amount of the second phase. The wear of the obtained samples was studied, and it was found that the introduction of a carbonaceous material increases the wear resistance of the composite coating and depends on the number of dispersion phase inserts into the matrix.