Wear-resistant Ti-B-N nanocomposite coatings synthesized by reactive cathodic arc evaporation

International Journal of Refractory Metals and Hard Materials

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 23-31

  Neidhardt, Jörg ^a,b   Czigány, Zsolt ^c   Sartory, Bernhard ^d   Tessadri, Richard ^d   Mitterer, Christian ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ION BEAM PHYSICS AND MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEOBEN   (Austria)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNICAL PHYSICS AND MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Hungary)

^d UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Hard coatings; Nanocomposite; Reactive arc evaporation; TiBN

Indexed keywords

ARC EVAPORATION; CATHODIC ARC EVAPORATION; COATING SYSTEM; DEPOSITION METHODS; ELASTIC RECOIL DETECTION ANALYSIS; FACE-CENTERED CUBIC; FRICTION COEFFICIENTS; METASTABLE SOLID SOLUTION; NANO-COMPOSITE COATING; NITROGEN CONTENT; NONEQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; PHASE FRACTIONS; PHASE MIXTURE; REACTIVE ARC EVAPORATION; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; SIMULTANEOUS THERMAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; TARGET COMPOSITION; THERMAL STABILITY; TIBN; WEAR-RESISTANT;

CAVITY RESONATORS; DIFFRACTION; EVAPORATION; FRICTION; NANOCOMPOSITES; THERMOANALYSIS; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM NITRIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPORS; WEAR RESISTANCE; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

HARD COATINGS;

EID: 70449518408     PISSN: 02634368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrmhm.2009.07.016     Document Type: Article

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