Chrome Plating, Electroless Nickel and Fatigue Life
Chrome Plating, Electroless Nickel and Fatigue Life
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It's my understanding chrome plating reduces the fatigue properties of the plated substrate. Typically by how much (%)? What causes the reduction? Is the reduction for electroless nickel plating as much as hard chrome plating? If available, please provide data.





RE: Chrome Plating, Electroless Nickel and Fatigue Life
Electroless nickel coatings typically do not have this highly cracked network in the deposited coating. Fatigue reduction will be negligle compared to the hard chromium plating.
FYI, the fatigue reduction does not apply when fretting is involved.