A simple method for monitoring the hardness of thin amorphous carbon-containing coatings

Wear

Volumn 213, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 200-203

  Harris, Stephen J ^a   Weiner, Anita M ^a  

^a GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Abrasion; Ball on disk; Coatings; Hardness

Indexed keywords

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS; COATINGS; MECHANICAL VARIABLES MEASUREMENT; WEAR OF MATERIALS;

ABRASION SCARS; BALL ON DISK; THIN AMORPHOUS CARBON CONTAINING COATINGS;

HARDNESS;

EID: 0031334624     PISSN: 00431648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0043-1648(97)00186-5     Document Type: Article

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