Journal
SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
Volume 205, Issue 7, Pages 2134-2141Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2010.08.126
Keywords
ZrCN; PVD; Magnetron sputtering; Metal-containing coating; Hardness; Tribology
Funding
- CRUP Institution [E - 1007/08, PTDC/CTM/102853/2008]
- Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation [FUNCOAT CSD2008-00023, HP2007-0116]
- Christian Doppler Research Association
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ZrCN coatings were deposited by dc reactive magnetron sputtering with N-2 flows ranging from 2 to 10 sccm in order to investigate the influence of the nitrogen incorporation on structure and properties. Information about the chemical composition was obtained by glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy and Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy. The evolution of the crystal structure studied by X-ray diffraction revealed the formation of a face-centred cubic ZrCN phase for N-2 flows greater than 4 sccm. Additionally, the presence of an amorphous phase in the coatings deposited with the highest N-2 flows could be evidenced by Raman spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. This phase can act as a lubricant resulting in a low coefficient of friction as shown in the conducted ball-on-disc tests. Nanoindentation measurements showed that coatings deposited with a 6 sccm N-2 flow had the maximum hardness which also revealed the best performance in the conducted dry cutting tests. (C) 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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