Platinized Titanium & Niobium Anode Dimensionally Stable Anode

Platinum plated (Platinum Coated) Titanium Anodes are highly conductive anodes used in electroplating, fuel cells, and other electrolysis applications. Platinum plated Titanium Anodes are generally immediately available in most volumes and can be fabricated in forms such as sheet, mesh, perforated plate, rod, or wire with hanging hook for electricity distribution. Tiaano produce materials to custom specifications by request, in addition to custom compositions for commercial and research applications and new proprietary technologies.

Tiaano platinum plated anodes are widely used in Electrolysis:-

Platinum anodes are having very good physical and chemical properties.

Platinum plated anode is having high corrosion resistance

Platinised anodes are having very good thermal conductivity

Platinized anode is having excellent catalytic nature

Types of Platinum Anodes Tiaano offer for Electrolysis Application:-

Solid platinum Plated Sheet anode for Electrolysis

Platinized titanium plate anode for Electrolysis

Platinised titanium expanded mesh anode for Electrolysis

Titanium anode with platinum catalyst for Electrolysis

Platinum Plated titanium perforated plate anode for Electrolysis

Platinum Plated titanium Multi slotted sheet / plate anode for Electrolysis

Platinum Plated titanium Multi hole plate / sheet anode for Electrolysis

Platinized titanium Tube anode for Electrolysis

Platinised titanium Wire anode for Electrolysis

Platinised titanium perforated plate anode for Electrolysis

Tiaano manufacturing different sizes and Shapes of platinised Titanium Anodes and Platinised Titanium Cathodes for water ionizers. The essential components of the ionization chamber are its two collecting electrodes, (the anode and cathode) the anode is positively charged with respect to the cathode. Each separated by a membrane. The Platinized Titanium Mesh Anodes or perforated Anodes are mostly used, because it has outstanding practical performance, such as strong ability of ionization release, good exchange of electrolyte, close structure and light weight, etc.

Types of Water Ioniser (Ionization) Platinum Plated Titanium Electrodes:-

Platinum Plated Mesh Anode and Cathode

Platinum Plated Sheet / Flat Anode and Cathode

Platinum Plated Perforated Sheet Anode and Cathode

Platinum Plated Slotted Sheet Anode and Cathode

Platinum Plated Rod Anode and Cathode

Platinum Plated Seamless Tube Anode and Cathode

Platinum Plated Wire Anode and Cathode

Specification for Ioniser (Ionisation) Electrodes:-

Electrodes : Platinised Titanium Anode and Platinised Titanium Cathode

Substrate Grade (Titanium): 1 or 2

Substrate Shape (Titanium): Expanded mesh, Sheet or Flat, Rod, Tube etc…

Substrate Purity (Titanium): 99%

Catalyst Purity (Platinum): 99.99%

Platinum Plating Thickness: 0.5 Micron or 1.0 Micron or 2.0 Micron (Based on water Condition)

Electrode Assembly: 3 plates, 5 plates and 7 plates, 9 plates etc…

Dimension: Standard and Custom Made

Tiaano design, manufacturing and supplying different sizes and different shapes with various substrate material (titanium, niobium) of platinum plated Anodes and cathodes with Electrode chambers (electrode assembly with membrane) for water ionisers or alkaline water.

When the body is in natural alkaline state, body weight and insulin production normalize. When we alkalize the body, it works so well at dropping excess weight that many of us lose weight just by eating more alkaline foods, and by adding supplements that alkalize, to our diets.

The best water to drink is alkalized or ionized water, which is produced by running normal tap water over a positive (platinum or platinized anode) and a negative (platinum or platinized cathode) electrode. This creates positive and negative ions in the water that are then separated creating two different waters, one that is alkaline and one that is acidic.

Alkaline water is for flushing out internal toxins, scavenging free radicals, and oxygenating the body. Acid water, which is really a by-product of ionizing water, can be used externally for cleansing the skin, cleaning any surface and feeding your plants.

Types of Water Ionizer Electrodes Tiaano offer:-

Water Ionization Mesh Electrode (anode and Cathode) – Titanium with Platinum Plated

Water Ionisation Sheet Electrode (anode and Cathode)   – Titanium with Platinum Plating

Water Ioniser Perforated Sheet Electrode (anode and Cathode)  – Titanium with Platinum Coated

Water Ionizer Perforated Slotted Anode (anode and Cathode) – Titanium with Platinum Deposited

Water Ionised Rod Anode (anode and Cathode) – Titanium with Pure Platinum Plated

Water Ionization Seamless Tube Anode (anode and Cathode) – Titanium with Platinum

Tiaano manufacturing different sizes and Shapes of platinised Titanium Electrodes for water deionization. The essential components of the deionization chamber are its two collecting electrodes, (the anode and cathode) the anode is positively charged with respect to the cathode.

The deionizer uses grade 1 titanium electrodes to be plated with a good electrical conductor with longevity built to last 10 years that will also not dissolve during electrolysis.

What is deionized water?

Deionized (DI) water is water that has been treated to remove all ions – typically, that means all of the dissolved mineral salts.

The deionization process, for example, only removes ions – charged non-organic particles – from the water. The water should be filtered first to remove organic material, and additional filtering with a reverse osmosis (RO) system will remove a significant number of additional contaminants. This leaves only a small amount of ionized minerals for the DI system to remove.

Organic materials and inorganic minerals are the most common impurities found in water. The organics can typically be removed via filtering methods, including physical filters, carbon filters, and reverse osmosis (RO) membranes. After this pre-treatment, the water is sent through a DI system, which contains two types of resin: cation and anion. These two resins attract positive and negative ions, respectively, replacing them with H+ and OH-. H+ combined with OH- becomes H2O – water. The combination of filters and DI resins can remove nearly all contaminants.

Platinum is widely used as electrodes in metal finishing industries due its advantage of having special chemical & physical properties like high corrosion resistance, thermal conductivity and catalytic nature.  Being a very expensive metal, instead of using solid form, platinum is deposited on the surface of titanium or niobium, occasionally on molybdenum by micron level layer.  Electrodes [Anodes or Cathodes] are available with hanging hook, frame or band in the form of sheet, mesh, pipe, wire, rod and custom built.  Platinised titanium anode is used in electrolytes having no fluoride. Platinised niobium anodes are used in electrolytes having fluoride, where we need better conduction (its conductivity is three times of titanium)  and also it is suitable for Sulphuric acid chromium plating bath operated at current density greater than 75A / dm².  Platinised titanium / niobium anodes are having the advantages of Low weight - good current resistance; Long life operation - maintenance free;      Economical - due to low platinum requirements; High dimensional stability and low resistance; Highly suitable as auxiliary anodes of complex geometrical shapes.

Platinum Features:-

Platinum is a lustrous silvery-white, malleable, ductile metal and a member of group 10 of the periodic table of the elements. It has the third highest density, behind osmium and iridium. Platinum is unaffected by air and water, but will dissolve in hot aqua regia, in hot concentrated phosphoric and sulphuric acids, and in molten alkali. It is as resistant as gold to corrosion and tarnishing. Indeed, platinum will not oxidize in air no matter how strongly it is heated.

Gains of Platinized Anode:-

Energy saving potential

Low weight (in particular expanded metal anodes)

Long service time even at high current density

Dimensional stability, long durability of base material

Replating possible

Higher quality of end product

Application-specific design

Tiaano manufacturing different sizes and Shapes of platinum Electrodes for Alkaline water or water ionizers. The essential components of the ionization chamber are its two collecting electrodes, (the anode and cathode) the anode is positively charged with respect to the cathode.

A water ionizer works on the simple principle of electrolysis. Any type of water ionizer has two electrodes put into a container having two chambers separated by a semi-permeable membrane. The two electrodes – positive electrode and negative electrode, are put into two separate chambers and the current is passed through them. Ionisation process takes place on passing of the current through the electrodes. The dissolved minerals get attracted either to the positive electrode or negative electrode, therefore one of the chambers will have acidic water while the other will have alkaline water. The alkaline water is for drinking purpose, whereas the acidic water is for disinfecting or sterilizing purposes.

Most good ionizers on the market use electrodes made of platinum plated titanium. Titanium will not dissolve in your ionised water as the cheaper metals like stainless steel does. The ionizer uses grade 1 titanium (as per ASTM Standard) electrodes to be plated with a good electrical conductor. Stainless steel was used for Water Ionizer electrodes in the late 1980's and was found not be a suitable material because they did not last more than a  few years.

Tiaano offer Platinum plated Copper Anode, Platinum Plated Titanium anodes & Niobium Anodes (Platinum Plated Electrodes) for various research and developments. Many article provides a history of platinised anodes by reviewing innovations in the, electroplating, electro galvanizing, electro winning, chlor-alkali industry etc.... These anodes are attractive for numerous reasons (e.g., long life and educed energy consumption), but they must still overcome the hurdle of cost to gain wider acceptance for applications in the various process industries.

Chemical Behavior of Platinum and Titanium:-

Platinum is preferred on an anode's outer surface because it is highly resistant to corrosion and can ensure current flow in most electrolyte media without leading to the formation of an insulating layer on itself. Because it doesn’t corrode, it doesn’t produce corrosion products and hence the consumption rate is very low.

Titanium shows reasonably good resistance to a marine environment (seawater in particular). It does not react with concentrated (80%) solutions of metallic chlorides. However, it is susceptible to attack by hydrofluoric acid (HF) and hot hydrochloric acid (HCl) of higher concentrations. Even hydrogen peroxide and hot nitric acid can attack titanium. Oxidizing agents normally do not attack titanium because it readily forms a protective oxide coating. However, non-oxidizing substances such as sulfuric acid (above 5% concentration) and phosphoric acid (above 30%) can attack titanium. From a hydrogen embrittlement point of view, titanium fares better than tantalum as an anode material.

Chemical Behavior of Copper:-

Copper is a reddish metal with a face-centered cubic crystalline structure. It reflects red and orange light and absorbs other frequencies in the visible spectrum, due to its band structure, so it as a nice reddish color. It is malleable, ductile, and an extremely good conductor of both heat and electricity. Copper has low chemical reactivity. So people are using platinum plating on copper, this coating / plating protects the metal from further attack.

Tiaano offer Platinum plated Anode and cathodes (Electrodes) for various research and developments. Many article provides a history of platinized anodes by reviewing innovations in the chlor-alkali industry, electroplating, electro galvanizing, electro winning etc.... These anodes are attractive for numerous reasons (e.g., long life and educed energy consumption), but they must still overcome the hurdle of cost to gain wider acceptance for applications in the various process industries.

Chemical Behavior of Platinum Plated and Titanium:-

Platinum is preferred on an anode's outer surface because it is highly resistant to corrosion and can ensure current flow in most electrolyte media without leading to the formation of an insulating layer on itself. Because it doesn’t corrode, it doesn’t produce corrosion products and hence the consumption rate is very low.

Platinum is inert in fused salts and acids, whereas it is dissolved in aqua regia. There is no risk of hydrogen embrittlement. It is one of the few rare metals that perfectly resist chlorides of seawater.

Titanium shows reasonably good resistance to a marine environment (seawater in particular). It does not react with concentrated (80%) solutions of metallic chlorides. However, it is susceptible to attack by hydrofluoric acid (HF) and hot hydrochloric acid (HCl) of higher concentrations. Even hydrogen peroxide and hot nitric acid can attack titanium. Oxidizing agents normally do not attack titanium because it readily forms a protective oxide coating. However, non-oxidizing substances such as sulfuric acid (above 5% concentration) and phosphoric acid (above 30%) can attack titanium. From a hydrogen embrittlement point of view, titanium fares better than tantalum as an anode material.

Benefits of Platinised Titanium Electrode:-

Platinum has the advantages of electrochemical inertness, mechanical strength, workability and favorable electrical conductivity. However, it is prohibitively expensive. Development of platinum on titanium and platinum on tantalum (plated) materials has opened up the feasibility of using these for anode materials for Electro Plating, metal finishing and cathodic protection systems in critical applications.

Tiaano manufacturing different sizes and Shapes of platinum or platinised anode for Hard Chrome Plating process. Electro plating Electrodes [Anodes or Cathodes] are available with hanging hook, frame or band in the form of sheet, expanded mesh, pipe, rod and custom built. 

Platinised titanium Platinised Niobium anodes provide a cost effective replacement for lead anodes in hard chromium plating. They provide superior quality deposition and consistency resulting in increased productivity and throughput. Cost benefit analysis demonstrates that the higher initial investment in this technology can be recouped within a short period of time.

Benefits of Platinised Titanium Anodes for Hard Chromium Plating:

Long life, dimensionally stable and easily fabricated into any shape:  Whereas titanium anodes are dimensionally stable throughout their operating life and can easily be manufactured, even in complex shapes and lengths, up to 4m. Consequently, shaped anodes can be manufactured very accurately to allow consistent plating to small tolerances, often making a further honing step unnecessary.

Homogeneous and long-lasting active surface: Platinised titanium anodes operated correctly, remain deposit free and therefore perform constantly well throughout the whole anode life.

Energy savings with shaped anodes and small anode/cathode distances: platinised titanium anodes can provide energy savings both in heating and cooling which, in turn, allows the plating chemistry to be easier to manage and maintain.

Mesh anodes provide excellent throwing and can be used at high current densities: In electrolysis, corners and edges are preferred reaction sites; an expanded mesh has edges evenly distributed across the anode surface, thus producing uniform current density and excellent plating results.

Easier handling and recoating: Positioning of lead anodes for optimising chrome plating is often awkward due to their weight, whereas spot welded or bolted mesh anodes are very light by comparison and allow safer and easier handling. Furthermore, they can be easily removed and / or replaced whenever necessary. This often allows a re-use of expensive anode materials and designs, and reduces operational costs.

Tiaano manufacturing different sizes and Shapes of platinised Titanium Electrodes (Positive Electrode and Negative Electrode) for water ionizers. The essential components of the ionization chamber are its two collecting electrodes, (the anodes and cathodes) the anode is positively charged with respect to the cathode.

The ionizer uses grade 1 titanium electrodes to be plated (Anodes and cathodes are plated) with a good electrical conductor with longevity built to last 10 years that will also not dissolve during electrolysis. Stainless steel was used for Water Ionizer electrodes in the late 1980's and was found not be a suitable material because they did not last more than a few years. The industry began using titanium platinum-coated Anode in the early 1990's because of its design life.

Water Ionizer (Ionization) Electrodes Types:-

Platinised Titanium Mesh Anode and Platinised Titanium Mesh Cathode

Platinized Titanium Sheet / Flat Anode and Platinized Titanium Sheet / Flat Cathode

Platinum Coated Titanium Perforated Sheet Anode and Platinum Coated Titanium Perforated Sheet Cathode

Platinum activated Titanium Slotted Sheet Anode and Platinum activated Titanium Slotted Sheet Cathode

Platinum deposited Titanium Rod Anode and Platinum deposited Titanium Rod Cathode

Platinum Titanium Seamless Tube Anode and Platinum Titanium Seamless Cathode

Specification for Water Ioniser (Water Ionisation) Electrodes:-

Electrode: Platinised Titanium Anode and Platinised Titanium Cathode

Substrate Grade (Titanium): 1 or 2 (as per ASTM Standard)

Substrate Shape (Titanium): Expanded mesh, Sheet or Flat, Rod, Tube etc…

Substrate Purity (Titanium): 99%

Catalyst Purity (Platinum): 99.99%

Platinum Thickness: 0.5 Micron or 1.0 Micron or 2 Micron (Based on Water Condition)

Assembly: 2 Plates, 3 plates, 5 plates and 7 plates & 9 plates

Dimension: Standard Size or custom made