Wear performance optimization of electroless Ni-B coating using Taguchi design of experiments

Tribology in Industry

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 17-27

  Das, S K ^a   Sahoo, P ^a  

^a JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Electroless coating; Ni B; Optimization; Sliding wear; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

EID: 79551569184     PISSN: 03548996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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