Zinc-nickel-SiO
2 electrodeposits have been produced from an acid sulphate bath. The co-deposition behavior of SiO
2 and the macrothrowing power of platings were examined. The presence of SiO
2 nanoparticles in the plating bath appears to change the alloy deposition behavior. The rate of nickel deposition was considerably decreased with SiO
2 nanoparticles in the bath. The macrothrowing power of plating was improved by adding the SiO
2 nanoparticles in the bath. At an early stage of electrodeposition, it seems that the SiO
2 nanoparticle acts as a nucleus of the precipitation. The SiO
2 nanoparticles did not disperse uniformly in a plating film, but distributed only in the SiO
2 rich layer with about 50 nm in thickness formed beneath the surface. In addition, this SiO
2 rich layer can improve the anticorrosive performance. Therefore, the zincic use can be suppressed, because the film thickness can be more thinned, compared with zinc and zinc-nickel alloy electroplating.
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