Friction coefficient and surface roughness of TiN-coated HSS deposited using cathodic arc evaporation PVD technique

Industrial Lubrication and Tribology

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 121-130

  Ali, Mubarak ^a   Hamzah, Esah ^a   Toff, Mohammad Radzi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Advanced Materials Research Centre   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Coatings; Friction; Organic compounds; Substrates; Surface roughness measurement

Indexed keywords

COATINGS; EVAPORATION; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

CATHODIC ARC EVAPORATION; FRICTION COEFFICIENT; HIGH SPEED STEEL (HSS);

TITANIUM NITRIDE;

EID: 42549089576     PISSN: 00368792     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00368790810871048     Document Type: Article

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