Table 1. Tailored Chemical Bath Composition and Optimized Deposition Conditions for Coelectrodeposition of Ni-P and Ni-P-ZrC Nanocomposite Coatings.

chemical bath and deposition conditions	Ni-P-ZrC
nickel sulfate hexahydrate	250 g L–1
nickel chloride hexahydrate	15 g L–1
boric acid	30 g L–1
sodium chloride	15 g L–1
orthophosphoric acid	6 g L–1
sodium hypophosphite monohydrate	20 g L–1
ZrC nanoparticles (<80 nm)	0 and 0.75 g L–1
pH	2.0 ± 0.2
temperature	65 ± 2 °C
deposition time	30 min
current density	48 mA cm–2
bath agitation	300 rpm