**4. Conclusions**

The current study investigates the effect of alloy temper conditions on the behavior upon friction stir deposition. The deposited AMPs were characterized in terms of macro and microstructural features as well as the hardness distribution. Based on the obtained results, the following conclusions can be outlined:


**Author Contributions:** Conceptualization, M.M.Z.A., E.E. and M.M.E.-S.S.; methodology, M.M.Z.A., E.E., and M.M.E.-S.S.; software, M.M.E.-S.S. and M.I.A.H.; validation, B.A. and K.T.; formal analysis, M.M.E.-S.S. and M.M.Z.A.; investigation, M.M.E.-S.S. and M.M.Z.A.; resources, B.A. and K.T.; data curation, M.M.E.-S.S.; writing—original draft preparation, E.E. and M.M.E.-S.S.; writing—review and editing, M.M.E.-S.S. and M.M.Z.A.; visualization, M.I.A.H.; supervision, M.M.Z.A. and M.M.E.-S.S.; project administration, M.M.Z.A. and M.M.E.-S.S.; funding acquisition, B.A. and K.T. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

**Funding:** This research received no external funding.

**Institutional Review Board Statement:** Not applicable.

**Informed Consent Statement:** Not applicable.

**Data Availability Statement:** The data presented in this study are available on request from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly available due to the extremely large size.

**Conflicts of Interest:** The authors declare no conflict of interest.
