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Investigation in electroless Ni-P deposits

Hello.My question is: why with increase in phosphorus content of electroless Ni-P deposits, the hardness of deposits decreased.

Hamid reza molla.
I am a student in amirkabir university. - Tehran, Iran
2007

It has to do with the way the atoms adhere to each other or are attracted by neighbors. Remember that above a certain P level, electroless nickel is an amorphous solid solution of nickel and phosphorous (no crystals, no lattice, no arrangement). Very much like salt water.

Guillermo Marrufo
Monterrey, NL, Mexico
2007

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