Metal Matrix Composite Coatings of Cupronickel Embedded with Nanoplatelets for Improved Corrosion Resistant Properties

Table 3

Film thickness measured by a profilometer of the pure 90-10 Cu-Ni and Cu-Ni-Mt composite coatings deposited to 30 Coulombs of charge. Crystallite sizes of the pure 90-10 Cu-Ni and Cu-Ni-Mt composite coatings calculated from the Scherrer equation using X-ray diffraction data.

Coatings	Film thickness (µm) (n = 3)	Crystallite size (nm) (n = 3)
Cu-Ni	6.12 ± 0.04	58 ± 5
Cu-Ni-0.05% Mt	6.17 ± 0.03	19 ± 3
Cu-Ni-0.10% Mt	6.20 ± 0.05	16 ± 4
Cu-Ni-0.15% Mt	6.24 ± 0.07	12 ± 3