Development of activated hexagonal boron nitride for tribo-composite coatings using electroless nickel plating technique
The hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is a potential solid lubricating material; however, it has few limitations such as less surface activation, poor wettability, inhomogeneous mixture with substrate materials etc. This can be overcome via co-deposition of highly activated materials. Therefore, the aim...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2015
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/43484/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/43484/1/2015_Conf_paper.pdf |
| Summary: | The hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) is a potential solid lubricating material; however, it has few limitations such as less surface activation, poor wettability, inhomogeneous mixture with substrate materials etc. This can be overcome via co-deposition of highly activated materials. Therefore, the aim of this study is to co-deposit Ni-P alloy on hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) powder via electroless plating technique. The characterization of co-deposited hBN was performed by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The morphologies of Ni-P co-deposited hBN suggested a good metallurgical bonding and uniform distribution of the powders with the existence of Ni3P phase. Elemental mapping also confirmed the deposition of Ni-P onto hBN substrate. Hence, it can be said that the co-deposition provides a highly active surface of hBN powder. |
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