Tribological Performance Analysis of Electroless Nickel Coated Mild Steel: A Comparative Experimental Study

Abstract

In the pursuit of sustainable materials, electroless Nickel coating has emerged as a breakthrough in the development of novel materials with excellent tribological properties. In the present work, NiP and NiB coating has been performed over mild steel specimens for an hour. The tribological character for various loads of NiP and NiB-coated mild steel was determined through tribological tests. The wear behavior of both NiP and NiB-coated mild steel has been analyzed. The NiB-coated mild steel was found to show less coefficient of friction and wear rate than NiP-coated mild steel.