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Mechanical and Tribological Properties of AlTiN, CrN/AlTiN and CrAlTiN Coatings Deposited by Cathodic Arc PVD

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This material presents the research of AlTiN coating properties, deposited at low temperature by cathodic arc physical vapor deposition technology. As well as evolutionary development of coating when is added Cr element to it, or creating multilayer structure adding a CrN as internal layer on it. Each of these steps results in increasing with almost 80% of coating resistance to plastic deformation and a huge reduction in the wear rate of the resulting coating.

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Totka Bakalova, Nikolay Petkov*, Michal Krafka, Hristo Bahchedzhiev

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AlTiN, Coefficient of Friction, CrAlTiN, CrN/AlTiN, Mechanical Properties, Wear Rate

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