Mechanical Characterization of Electrodeposition of Ni-P Alloy Coating
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2020-02-25
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JOURNAL OF NANO- AND ELECTRONIC PHYSICS
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The electrodeposition process plays a crucial role in the formation of thin films on materials, in particular,
the electrodeposition of nickel-phosphorus because of its important properties. In this study, Ni-P coatings
were deposited on X52 steel substrates by electrodeposition technique from a solution containing nickel
sulfate, sodium hypophosphite (NaH2PO2). Composition, surface morphology, and mechanical properties
of the Ni-P deposits were studied using SEM, EDAX, the Vickers method, weight loss and potentiodynamic
polarization techniques. The effects of the current density were investigated on the surface morphology,
phosphorus content, microhardness and corrosion of the coatings. It was observed that both the phosphorus
content and microhardness are dependent on the current density. Results demonstrate that the morphology
of the electrodeposited Ni-P alloys shows that the grains are spherical in nature for all the samples.
It has been observed that the influence of current density on the P content of the deposit is an inverse
relation with phosphorous content and also the as-plated coatings at current density of 5 Am − 4 exhibit the
superior microhardness. Corrosion tests show that 5 Am − 4 is the best current density value which gives
the best protection coating against corrosion.
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1. LEKMINE Farid, BENTEMAM Hachemi, NAOUN M, HADJADJ M, “Mechanical Characterization of Electrodeposition Ni-P alloy Coating”. JOURNAL OF NANO- AND ELECTRONIC PHYSICS, 12 (1) (2020) 01001-01005. DOI: 10.21272/jnep.12(1).01001