Platinum Surface Coating and Method for Manufacturing the Same.

摘要

An improved platinum surface coating and method for manufacturing the improved platinum surface coating wherein the platinum surface coating having a fractal surface coating of platinum ('platinum gray') with an increase in surface area of at least 5 times when compared to shiny platinum of the same geometry and also having improved resistance to physical stress when compared to platinum black having the same surface area. The process of electroplating the surface coating of platinum gray comprising plating at a moderate rate, i.e., at a rate that is faster than the rate necessary to produce shiny platinum and that is less than the rate necessary to produce platinum black.