Measurement of mechanical properties of an electroless Ni-B coating using nanoindentation

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 51, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 7762-7768

  Domínguez Ríos, Carlos ^a   Hurtado Macias, Abel ^a   Torres Sánchez, Roal ^a   Ramos, Manuel A ^b   González Hernández, Jesús ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS   (Mexico)

^b Instituto de Ingeniería y Tecnología   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALED SAMPLES; ANNEALING TEMPERATURES; ATOMIC FORCE; BATH COMPOSITIONS; ELECTROLESS; ELECTROLESS BATH; HARDNESS AND ELASTIC MODULUS; NANO-INDENTATION MEASUREMENTS; STEEL SUBSTRATE; THIN-FILM COATINGS; XRD;

BORIDE COATINGS; BORIDES; HARDENING; LEAD; NANOINDENTATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TANTALUM;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84861898117     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie201760g     Document Type: Article

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