Electroless Ni–B Coating Formed from a Stabilizer-Free Double Bath

The present work investigates the deposition of nickel boron coatings by electroless method. A double bath scheme was adopted, and the bath temperature was also varied to get coatings in different boron range. The double bath coatings have higher microhardness, scratch hardness, wear and corrosion r...

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Published in:Transactions of the Indian Institute of Metals 2024-04, Vol.77 (4), p.1039-1051
Main Authors: Agrawal, Rohit, Gupta, Lokesh, Jain, Siddharth, Sharma, Ritik, Mukhopadhyay, Arkadeb
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Boron
Chemistry and Materials Science
Coatings
Corrosion and Coatings
Corrosion potential
Corrosion resistance
Corrosive wear
Materials Science
Metallic Materials
Microhardness
Original Article
Scratch hardness
Tribology
Wear resistance
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Summary:The present work investigates the deposition of nickel boron coatings by electroless method. A double bath scheme was adopted, and the bath temperature was also varied to get coatings in different boron range. The double bath coatings have higher microhardness, scratch hardness, wear and corrosion resistance compared to single bath deposits. The double bath scheme led to the formation of coatings with a compact crack-free morphology except at 95 °C bath temperature. The improvement in hardness was 16.85, 11.43 and 10% at 85, 90 and 95 °C bath temperature compared to the single bath coatings. The increase in scratch hardness was within 20–22%. A higher corrosion potential of − 180 and − 178 mV was also seen.
ISSN:0972-2815
0975-1645
DOI:10.1007/s12666-023-03220-9