Formation of Electroless Ni-B Coating on Boron Carbide Particles for Composite Processing

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The present investigation is on formation of a uniform coating of Ni-B coating on the surface of B4C particle by electroless technique by varying process parameters and pH of the coating bath. The coating characteristics observed on majority of pH conditions on activated particles were mesh-like and at higher pH 12 the coated surface characteristics changes to patch like morphology. At lower alkaline condition there was not enough time for co-deposition to occur and the co-deposits appeared along with the coated particles. The studies with varying pH showed that pH 8 gives uniform coating of the entire particles surface with Ni-B and above which higher amount of co-deposited particles of Ni-B is also observed.

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