Developing an Empirical Relationship to Predict the Wear Characteristics of Ni-Based Hardfaced Deposits on Nuclear Grade 316LN Austenitic Stainless Steel

Table 8

Confirmation test results.

S. no.	Power (W)	Rate of powder feed (g/min)	Travel speed (mm/min)	Defocusing distance (mm)	Real weight loss in gram	Forecast weight loss in gram	Error in percentage %
01	1100	4	325	20	0.0307	0.0296	3.58
02	1400	6	400	26	0.2728	0.2800	–2.63
03	1800	8	470	30	0.2802	0.2715	3.10