Table 1.

Hardness and adhesion strength of different coatings (reprinted from Ref. [32] with permission).

Samples	Microhardness (HV)	Adhesion Strength (Mpa)
Uncoated Mg	37.1 ± 1.5	–
AN-Mg	58.5 ± 1.5	18.2 ± 0.4
DCPD-Mg	66.4 ± 2.2	21.6 ± 0.3
HA-Mg	88.8 ± 2.7	23.3 ± 0.5
Uncoated WE43	76.7 ± 2.5	–
AN-WE43	106.3 ± 3.5	19.6 ± 0.3
DCPD-WE43	120.0 ± 3.3	23.2 ± 0.2
HA-WE43	164.1 ± 4.8	28.5 ± 0.4