ANNEALING EFFECT ON CHARACTERISTICS OF NICKEL-FERROUS ALLOY THIN FILMS
Keywords:
Electroplating, Electrolytic Bath, Crystalline Size, VSM, Ni-P, X-ray diffraction, VHN, SEMAbstract
Ni-Fe alloy thin films were created via electroplating at ambient temperature. After that, the Ni-Fe thin films were electroplated and annealed at 200 degrees Celsius. In the FCC phase, the microstructure of Ni-Fe deposited films is orientated. They were characterised morphologically, structurally, and mechanically. Ni-Fe films were bright and uniformly covered on the surface. The deposition of Ni-Fe films was also nanoscale, with an average crystalline size of 92 nm. Ni-Fe has a micro hardness of 138 VHN after annealing.
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