Synthesis and Performance Evaluation of Pulse Electrodeposited Ni-AlN Nanocomposite Coatings

Table 3

Hardness of the previously reported nickel based composite coatings.

Constituents	Content of particles	Hardness	Method	Application	Reference
Ni-WC	vol%	HV	Cold spray	Wear protection	Alidokht et al. [12]
Ni-TiO2	1 g/L	9.98–12.06 GPa	Electrodeposition	Corrosion	Birlik et al. [13]
Ni-TiN	10–30 g/L	3.23 GPa	Electrodeposition	Corrosion	Parhizkar et al. [14]
Ni-CeO2	30 g/L	436 HV	Electrodeposition	Corrosion	Zeng et al. [15]
Ni-Si3N4	12 g/L	720 HV	Electrodeposition	Corrosion	Kasturibai and Kalaignan [16]
Ni-SiO2	5–45 g/L	800–850 HV	Electrodeposition	Wear protection	Li et al. [17]
Ni-ZrO2	3.37 wt.%	462 HV	Electrodeposition PRC plating	Wear protection	Wang et al. [18]
Ni-Al2O3	30 g/L	426 HV	Electrodeposition	Wear protection	Jeyaraj et al. [19]
Ni-SiC	0.8–0.15 wt.%	247–270 HV	Thermal spray	Wear protection	Lanzutti et al. [20]
Ni-graphene	0.1–0.4 g/L	~207–224 HV	Electrodeposition	Wear protection	Chen et al. [21]