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Characterization of Electroless Nickel–Boron Deposit from Optimized Stabilizer-Free Bath

Coatings 2021, 11(5), 576; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings11050576
by Muslum Yunacti 1,*, Alexandre Mégret 1, Mariana Henriette Staia 2, Alex Montagne 2 and Véronique Vitry 1
Reviewer 1: Anonymous
Reviewer 2: Anonymous
Coatings 2021, 11(5), 576; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings11050576
Submission received: 12 April 2021 / Revised: 7 May 2021 / Accepted: 10 May 2021 / Published: 15 May 2021
(This article belongs to the Collection Coatings: 10th Anniversary)

Round 1

Reviewer 1 Report

This work addresses an important topic. It is original and well written. As such, it has the potential to be published in Coatings. I have just a few comments that the authors should implement in the revised manuscript before publication.

1) Please, improve the quality of Figure 3.

2) Conclusion - The authors should better highlight the practical impact of the obtained results.

Author Response

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Reviewer 2 Report

This paper presents a substantial amount of experimental results and provides good descriptions and explanations. Some suggestions are given below.

  1. This study found no influence of boron content on the coating hardness, which is opposite to previous findings. Authors are suggested to explain this issue.
  2. Figure 8 shows that the maximum stress occurs not at 0.014 mm, but at 0.021 mm. Authors are suggested to explain this result. 
  3. In Figure 10, the curve (green) for ENB exhibits a noise-like spike at about -350 potential. Explain it.
  4. The image resolution of Figure 11(e) is not good. Improvement is needed.

Author Response

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