Structural Engineering of Multilayer TiN / CrN System Obtained by the Vacuum Arc Evaporation
By the X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, and microindentation methods we have investigated the phase composition, structure, substructure and hardness of vacuum arc multilayer coatings of TiN / CrN system obtained in the range of nitrogen pressure of 1×10–5 ... 5×10–3 Torr when applying contin...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sumy State University
2015-03-01
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| Series: | Журнал нано- та електронної фізики |
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| Online Access: | http://jnep.sumdu.edu.ua/download/numbers/2015/1/articles/jnep_2015_V7_01034.pdf |
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| Summary: | By the X-ray diffraction, electron microscopy, and microindentation methods we have investigated the phase composition, structure, substructure and hardness of vacuum arc multilayer coatings of TiN / CrN system obtained in the range of nitrogen pressure of 1×10–5 ... 5×10–3 Torr when applying continuous and pulsed negative bias potential. Formation of two-phase state with a preferred orientation of the crystallite growth was established at high pressure of (1 ... 5)×10–3 Torr and feeding of negative DC bias potential: Ub = – 20 V – texture axis [100], at – 230 V – texture axis [111]. Based on the studies of substructural state, connection of the transition to the superhard (57 GPa) state with decrease in the crystallite size and microstrain in TiN layers was established. |
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| ISSN: | 2077-6772 |