Research Article

An Experimental Approach for Optimizing Coating Parameters of Electroless Ni-P-Cu Coating Using Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm

Table 5

Result of confirmation test.

Input parametersValueResult from ABC analysisResult from confirmation test
Wear depth (μm)COFWear depth (μm)COF

Concentration of nickel sulphate solution (g/L)25.00005.400.42   5.720.45
Concentration of sodium hypophosphite solution (g/L)16.6165
Concentration of copper sulphate (g/L)0.6289
Heat treatment temperature (°C)500