Metastable phases and spinodal decomposition in Ti1-xAlxN system studied by ab initio and thermodynamic modeling, a comparison with the TiN-Si3N4 system

Materials Science and Engineering: A

Volumn 448, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 111-119

  Zhang, R F ^a,b   Veprek, S ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Metastable phases; Nanocomposites; Spinodal decomposition; Superhard coatings; Thermodynamic modeling; TiAlN; TiSiN

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COMPOSITION; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

METASTABLE PHASES; SPINODAL DECOMPOSITION; SUPERHARD COATINGS; THERMODYNAMIC MODELING;

TITANIUM ALLOYS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COMPOSITION; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; LATTICE CONSTANTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; TITANIUM ALLOYS;

EID: 33846850514     PISSN: 09215093     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.msea.2006.10.012     Document Type: Article

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