Table 3 Chemical bath constituents and coating conditions1.

From: Mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of electroless deposited Ni-P-Y2O3 nanocomposite coatings for industrial applications

Chemical bath constituents and conditions

Composition

Nichem 3010 A

57mL/L

Nichem 3010B

126 mL/L

Nanoscale Y2O3 grains

0.25–0.75 g/L

Temperature

90 ± 2 °C

pH

4.2 ± 0.5

Deposition period

2 h

Stirring speed

3 rpm