Effect of coating thickness on the properties of TiN coatings deposited on tool steels using cathodic arc PVD technique

Surface Review and Letters

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 401-410

  Mubarak, A ^a   Akhter, Parvez ^a   Hamzah, Esah ^b   Mohd Toff, Mohd Radzi Hj ^c   Qazi, Ishtiaq A ^d  

^a Pakistan Council of Renewable Energy Technologies   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c Advanced Materials Research Center AMREC   (Malaysia)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Coefficient of friction; Hardness; Morphology; Surface roughness

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; CAVITY RESONATORS; COATINGS; HARDNESS; HARDNESS TESTING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; NITRIDES; PHYSICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; PLATING; STEEL; STEEL METALLOGRAPHY; STEEL POWDER METALLURGY; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE TESTING; SURFACES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; TIN; TITANIUM; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM NITRIDE; VAPORS;

COATING THICKNESSES; COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION; MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TOOL STEELS;

HARD COATINGS;

EID: 50949113988     PISSN: 0218625X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218625X08011524     Document Type: Article

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