Improving hardness of electroless Ni-B coatings using optimized deposition conditions and annealing

Materials and Design

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1412-1418

  Oraon, B ^a   Majumdar, G ^a   Ghosh, B ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING TEMPERATURE; COATING HARDNESS; ELECTROLESS COATINGS; OPTIMIZED DEPOSITION; RESPONSE SURFACE METHOD (RSM);

ANNEALING; COATINGS; ELECTROLESS PLATING; HARDNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

NICKEL ALLOYS;

ANNEALING; COATINGS; ELECTROLESS PLATING; HARDNESS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NICKEL ALLOYS; OPTIMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 41649097252     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2007.09.005     Document Type: Article

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