Structure and properties of selected (Cr-Al-N, TiC-C, Cr-B-N) nanostructured tribological coatings

International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2-14

  Lin, J ^a   Moore, J J ^a   Moerbe, W C ^a   Pinkas, M ^b   Mishra, B ^a   Doll, G L ^c   Sproul, W D ^a,d  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

^b NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTER NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Timken Research   (United States)

^d Reactive Sputtering INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanocomposite coating; Nanocrystalline; Pulsed magnetron sputtering (PMS); Superlattice coating; Tribological

Indexed keywords

NANOCOMPOSITE COATING; NANOCRYSTALLINE; PULSED MAGNETRON SPUTTERING (PMS); SUPERLATTICE COATING; TRIBOLOGICAL;

ALUMINUM; BIAS VOLTAGE; CHROMIUM; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; HARDNESS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; ION BOMBARDMENT; MAGNETRONS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; OCEANOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT; OPTIMIZATION; SUPERLATTICES; TITANIUM CARBIDE; TRIBOLOGY; VOLTAGE REGULATORS; WEAR RESISTANCE;

CHROMATE COATINGS;

EID: 70350565373     PISSN: 02634368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2009.07.012     Document Type: Article

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