Research Article

Optimization of Electroless Ni-P-W Coatings for Minimum Friction and Wear Using Grey-Taguchi Method

Table 5

Grey relational analysis for friction coefficient and wear depth.

Exp. no.Normalized DataΔValuesGrey relational coefficient
CofWearCofWearCofWear

10.5211.0000.4790.0000.5101.000
20.6160.9540.3840.0460.5660.915
30.4990.9050.5010.0950.5000.840
41.0000.9480.0000.0521.0000.906
50.7390.9050.2610.0950.6570.841
60.7410.8500.2590.1500.6580.770
70.2330.5750.7670.4250.3950.541
80.0890.4350.9110.5650.3540.469
90.0420.1480.9580.8520.3430.370
100.2440.7830.7560.2170.3980.698
110.0380.7030.9620.2970.3420.628
120.1620.5470.8380.4530.3740.525
130.5070.9640.4930.0360.5040.933
140.2970.7400.7030.2600.4160.658
150.0000.5081.0000.4920.3330.504
160.9370.5390.0630.4610.8880.520
170.6390.3770.3610.6230.5810.445
180.7520.2570.2480.7430.6680.402
190.9460.2630.0540.7370.9030.404
200.5760.0300.4240.9700.5410.340
210.3650.0000.6351.0000.4410.333
220.5310.7080.4690.2920.5160.632
230.2780.5480.7220.4520.4090.525
240.5130.4480.4870.5520.5070.475
250.8520.4330.1480.5670.7720.469
260.2200.2350.7800.7650.3910.395
270.5950.0020.4050.9980.5530.334