The invention discloses a method for testing the
electroplating current efficiency by using a square
Hull cell. The method comprises the following steps: taking a sample,
polishing a test piece, placing the above sampled plating solution in the square
Hull cell, heating the plating solution to a process temperature,
cutting the test piece to form a required size, inserting an
anode plate into an
anode slot in the middle of the square
Hull cell, connecting the positive
electrode of a power supply to the
anode plate, connecting the negative
electrode of the power supply to the test piece, starting the power supply and an
air pump, turning off the power supply when a predetermined time is reached, taking out and flushing the test piece, calculating the practical deposition
mass of a plating layer and the
mass of a plating layer deposited at a current efficiency of 100%, and calculating the current efficiency. The test method using the square
Hull cell as a test device and designed according to the characteristics of the square
Hull cell can be used to rapidly measure the practical current efficiency in order to accurately control the thickness of the plating layer, and the method also has the advantages of simplicity in operation, high efficiency, low cost, and realization of automatic implementation by
electroplating manufacturers without a
third party monitoring mechanism.