“…Wear rate of cermet coatings depends on morphology of powder, the size, shape, and distribution of the carbide particles, hardness of the carbide particles relative to the abrasive media, properties of matrix and its volume portion, and the coating method, which governs the characteristics of coating like the phases, density, micro and macro hardness, and residual stresses [73]. The characteristics and performances of the resulting coatings are strongly influenced by the presence of defects, which corresponds to partly and fully melted particles with oxides, cracks, and porosity, as well as residual stresses [73]. In the case of Cr 3 C 2 -NiCr cermet coatings, it has been reported in the literature that hardness value increases from 846 HV to 1020 HV (20.5% increase) when shifting from microstructured coatings to nanostructured coatings [74,75].…”