TEM study on oxidized TiCrN coatings ion-plated on a steel substrate

• Published in: Surface & coatings technology Vol. 173; no. 1; pp. 81 - 86
• Main Author: Lee, D.B.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Lausanne Elsevier B.V 01.08.2003; Elsevier
• Subjects: Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties; Exact sciences and technology; Ion plating; Mechanical and acoustical properties; Oxidation; Physical properties of thin films, nonelectronic; Physics; Surfaces and interfaces; thin films and whiskers (structure and nonelectronic properties); TiCrN coating; TiCrN coating; Ion plating; Oxidation; Thin films; Chromium nitrides; Transmission electron microscopy; Ternary compounds; Surface treatments; Experimental study; Microstructure; Coatings; Titanium nitrides

Coatings of TiCrN having compositions of (TiCr 0.7)N, (TiCr 1.2)N and (TiCr 3.6)N were ion-plated on a steel substrate. The coatings were oxidized at 800 °C for 50 h in air, and the resultant morphology and compositional variance were studied utilizing transmission electron microscopy. The scales co...