Dispersion strengthened Nickel- alumina composite was fabricated by electro-deposition method
on a non-metallic substrate with the help of nickel-sulphamate bath. The fine particles of alumina were
dispersed and vigorously stirred in the bath in order to get uniformly into the Ni-matrix. The influencing
parameters i.e. current density, pH, and temperature of the electrolyte were varied to study the effect on
the composite quality.
The Ni-alumina dispersion strengthened composite was fabricated by optimizing the parameters like
current density, temperature, pH of the electrolyte etc. of the sulphamate bath. The composite coatings
were characterized pertaining to physical appearance, microstructure, hardness and thickness. The
obtained results indicate that the micro-structural refinement of the Ni- matrix and uniformity of
distribution of oxide particles is obtained by choosing the small size of (less than 5 µm) particles. Also the
results indicate increase in the hardness of the Ni-matrix after dispersion of the oxide particles.
Keywords: Nickel sulphamate solution, electro-deposition method, Nickel coating, alumina particles
dispersion, and dispersion strengthening effect