Development of electro-co-deposited Ni–Fe(Ti,W)C nanocomposite coatings

ABSTRACT

The parameters for the electroplating process of Ni-Fe(Ti,W)C nanocomposite on the steel substrate were developed and optimised. for this purpose, the coating process was performed under a direct current using a nickel bath. The coating was fully characterised employing the X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive spectroscopy and microhardness tester. The results indicated that the Ni-Fe(Ti,W)C nanocomposite can be coated on the steel with an appropriate structure using the current density and the concentration of 40 mA cm⁻² and 6 g L⁻¹, respectively.

KEYWORDS:

• Ni-Fe(Ti,W)C
• electroplating
• coating
• nanocomposite

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

ORCID

M. Razavi http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3020-6187

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Funding

The authors are grateful for the support of this research by Isfahan University of Technology.