Studies of porosity in electroless nickel deposits on ferrous substrates

Transactions of the Institute of Metal Finishing

Volumn 74, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 214-220

  Kerr, C ^a   Barker, D ^a   Walsh, F C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corrosion rate measurements and scanning electron microscopy; Corrosion testing; Electroless nickel plating on steel; Porosity

Indexed keywords

CARBON STEEL; CHEMICAL POLISHING; CORROSION RESISTANCE; ELECTROLESS PLATING; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEEL CORROSION; SUBSTRATES;

CHEMICAL SPOT TESTS; CORROSION RATE MEASUREMENTS;

NICKEL PLATING;

EID: 0030289938     PISSN: 00202967     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00202967.1996.11871129     Document Type: Article

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