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Microstructure and wear resistance of nickel–carbon nanotube composite coating from brush plating technique

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This paper investigates the microstructure and wear resistance of nickel–carbon nanotube (CNT) composite coating deposited by brush plating technique. The Ni/CNT coating deposited with a pulse current source has less porosity, higher hardness and higher wear resistance than that with a DC source. CNTs greatly improve the coating performance. The wear mechanism is mainly the smearing of the Ni/CNTs coatings, instead of the fracture for the Ni coatings.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 50235030), UK/China Science and Technology Collaboration Fund (No. 2002209M3) and National Key Laboratory for Remanufacturing Fund (No. 51489020104JS9102).

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    J. Tan, T. Yu, B. Xu & Q. Yao

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Tan, J., Yu, T., Xu, B. et al. Microstructure and wear resistance of nickel–carbon nanotube composite coating from brush plating technique. Tribol Lett 21, 107–111 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11249-006-9025-8

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