Investigating Tribological Characteristics of Ni-P and Double–Layered Ni-P/Ni-B Electroless Coatings Applied to the Carbon Mild Steel Ck45

In this research, tribological characteristics of ni-p electroless coating and double-layered ni-p/ni-b electrolesscoating were studied. for this purpose, ni-p electroless coating with 25 ?m thickness was initially applied to thesurface of steel ck45 samples; then, a double-layered ni-p/ni-b electroless coating, including inner layer ofni-p with 15 ?m thickness and outer layer of ni-b with 10 ?m thickness, was applied to the surface of similarsamples and were heat treated at 400?c for 1 h. effect of heat treatment on morphology, structural variations andwear behavior of coating was investigated using different tests such sem, xrd and pin on disk wear test at roomtemperature. hardness of the obtained coatings was measured by a vickers microhardness machine prior and afterheat treatment of the samples. the results showed that the double-layer coating with the same thickness in eachlayer improved hardness and wear resistance compared to the single-layer coating. heat treatment led also tothe creation of nano crystalline structure; therefore, hardness and wear resistance of the coating increased due tochange in structure from amorphous to crystalline structure and created rigid phases of ni3p.