Optimization of Mechanical Properties and Features of Electroless Ni-P-Zr Ternary Plating Using The Grey-Taguchi Method

Ting‑Hsueh Chuang; Fwu-Hsing Liu; Chung-Chen Tsao; Chin-Guo Kuo; Chun‑Yao Hsu

doi:10.2478/adms-2026-0004

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Optimization of Mechanical Properties and Features of Electroless Ni-P-Zr Ternary Plating Using The Grey-Taguchi Method

Advances in Materials Science

Volume 26 (2026): Issue 1 (March 2026)

By: Ting‑Hsueh Chuang, Fwu-Hsing Liu, Chung-Chen Tsao, Chin-Guo Kuo and Chun‑Yao Hsu

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|Mar 2026

Abstract

Electroless Ni-P-Zr films are deposited onto Al substrates. Effect of different pre-treatments on the subsequent chemical plating. XRD analysis shows that the Ni-P-Zr film is amorphous. Grey-Taguchi shows that the Ni-P-Zr coating exhibits a friction coefficient of 0.35, a corrosion potential of –0.60 V, a Vickers hardness of 582.9 HV, and a fatigue life of 52 times. A comparison of fatigue failure mechanisms for the uncoated substrate and the electroless Ni-P-Zr coating is conducted under high-strain low-cycle fatigue loading. The results confirm that the coating eliminates crack initiation and propagation and increases the fatigue life of the specimens.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/adms-2026-0004 | Journal eISSN: 2083-4799 | Journal ISSN: 1730-2439

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Language: English

Page range: 72 - 89

Submitted on: Nov 21, 2025

Accepted on: Feb 3, 2026

Published on: Mar 31, 2026

Published by: Gdansk University of Technology

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Keywords:

Electroless Ni-P-Zr,

mechanical properties,

fatigue

Related subjects:

Materials sciences,

Functional and smart materials

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