Peer-Review Record
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
Please see the attachment.
Author Response File: 
Author Response.pdf
Reviewer 2 Report
This paper presents a substantial amount of experimental results and provides good descriptions and explanations. Some suggestions are given below.
- 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.
- 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.
- In Figure 10, the curve (green) for ENB exhibits a noise-like spike at about -350 potential. Explain it.
- The image resolution of Figure 11(e) is not good. Improvement is needed.
Author Response
Please see the attachment.
Author Response File: Author Response.pdf
