Investigations in Anti-Impact Performance of TiN Coatings Prepared by Filtered Cathodic Vacuum Arc Method under Different Substrate Temperatures
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Coatings Preparation
2.2. Structural Characterization and Mechanical Performance Testing
2.3. Cyclic Impact Experiment
3. Results
3.1. Anti-Impact Performance
3.2. Microstructure
3.3. Mechanical Properties
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
- With the change of the substrate temperature from 35 to 600 °C, the adhesion strength and nano-hardness show the same trend (firstly increase and then decrease), and they peak at the substrate temperature of 400 °C, which is 47.61 N and 30.2 ± 2.7 GPa, respectively.
- The TiN coatings prepared under the 400 °C show the best impact resistance performance with the lowest peak impact force (173 N) and energy absorption rate (79.6%).
- The evolution of the substrate temperature has a negligible effect on the microstructure of the TiN coatings. Therefore, it is deduced that the best impact resistance of the coatings is attributed to the small internal stress, strong adhesion strength as well as high hardness and H3/E2 value.
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Process | Implantation Voltage (kV) | Dose (×1017 Ions/cm2) | Arc Current (A) | Bias Voltage (V) | N2 Flow (mL/min) | Duty Cycle (%) | Deposition Time (min) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Implantation | 8 | 1.68 | - | - | - | - | - |
Adhesive layer(Ti) | - | - | 100 | −800→−600→−400 | 0 | 90 | 1 |
- | - | 100 | −350 | 0 | 90 | 12 | |
- | - | 100 | −800→−600→−400 | 0 | 90 | 1 | |
Hard layer(TiN) | - | - | 100 | −350 | 15 | 90 | 108 |
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Huang, D.; He, W.; Cao, X.; Jiao, Y. Investigations in Anti-Impact Performance of TiN Coatings Prepared by Filtered Cathodic Vacuum Arc Method under Different Substrate Temperatures. Coatings 2020, 10, 840. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10090840
Huang D, He W, Cao X, Jiao Y. Investigations in Anti-Impact Performance of TiN Coatings Prepared by Filtered Cathodic Vacuum Arc Method under Different Substrate Temperatures. Coatings. 2020; 10(9):840. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10090840
Chicago/Turabian StyleHuang, Da, Weifeng He, Xin Cao, and Yang Jiao. 2020. "Investigations in Anti-Impact Performance of TiN Coatings Prepared by Filtered Cathodic Vacuum Arc Method under Different Substrate Temperatures" Coatings 10, no. 9: 840. https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings10090840