Tribological testing and optimisation of electroless Ni-P coatings based on Taguchi method and grey relational analysis

Tribo Test

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 127-144

  Sahoo, Prasanta ^a   Pal, Sujan Kumar ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Electroless Ni P coating; Friction and wear; Grey relational analysis; Taguchi

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; ELECTROLESS PLATING; NICKEL ALLOYS; OPTIMIZATION; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; TAGUCHI METHODS; TEMPERATURE; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

GREY RELATIONAL ANALYSIS; TRIBOLOGICAL TESTING;

TRIBOLOGY;

EID: 43349095500     PISSN: 13544063     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tt.53     Document Type: Article

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