Paper Title:
Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Cr1-xAlxN Coating
| Periodical | Advanced Materials Research (Volume 531) |
|---|---|
| Main Theme | Advanced Research on Material Engineering, Chemistry, Bioinformatics II |
| Edited by | Helen Zhang and David Jin |
| Pages | 3-6 |
| DOI | 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.531.3 |
| Citation | C.L. Zhong et al., 2012, Advanced Materials Research, 531, 3 |
| Online since | June, 2012 |
| Authors | C.L. Zhong, L.E. Luo |
| Keywords | Cr1-xAlxN Coatings, Hardness, Magnetron Sputtering, Microstructure |
| Price | US$ 28,- |
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Abstract
A series of Cr1-xAlxN coatings were deposited by reactive magnetron sputtering. The content, microstructure and the hardness of the thin films were characterized respectively with energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDS), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and nanoindentor. The effect of Al content on the microstructure and hardness was studied. It was found that Cr1-xAlxN compound coating exhibits a cubic structure with (1 1 1) preferred orientations and that the lattice parameter of Cr1-xAlxN coatings decrease with the increase of Al content. The hardness of Cr1-xAlxN compound coating is higher than that of CrN and increases with the increase of Al content.
