Research Article
Tribology of Coated 316L SS by Various Nanoparticles
Table 1
The nanoparticle size of Ta, Nb, and V coatings sputtered with different times.
| Coatings | Time | 1st nm | 2nd nm | 3rd nm | Mean nm | SD± | Mean nm | SD± |
| Nb | 1 hr | 19.49 | 19.41 | 15.5 | 18.13 | 2.28 | 19.71 | 2.33 | 2 hrs | 19.16 | 16.32 | 20.39 | 18.62 | 2.09 | 3 hrs | 18.56 | 23.5 | 25.1 | 22.39 | 3.41 |
| Ta | 1 hr | 23.71 | 22.29 | 21.7 | 22.57 | 1.03 | 18.73 | 3.97 | 2 hrs | 19.16 | 19.41 | 18.38 | 18.98 | 0.54 | 3 hrs | 13.12 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 14.64 | 1.32 |
| V | 1 hr | 22 | 27.09 | 23.5 | 24.20 | 2.62 | 31.68 | 16.93 | 2 hrs | 17.1 | 18.81 | 23.43 | 19.78 | 3.27 | 3 hrs | 50.98 | 42.54 | 59.67 | 51.06 | 8.57 |
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