Life tests for titanium electrodes plated in an alkaline platinum electroforming bath or acid platinum plating bath were conducted in a sulfuric acid solution.
After 1, 025h of electrolysis on an electrode plated in the alkaline platinum electroforming bath, twice the platinum remained compared to that on an electrode plated in the acid platinum plating solution.
Two types of platinum consumption thus appear to occur one by dissolving and the other by peeling.
Platinum plated in an alkaline electroforming bath was more resistant to peeling.