EFFECT OF NITROGEN GAS RATIO ON THE PROPERTIES OF TI-ZR-N COATINGS DEPOSITED BY PULSED MAGNETRON SPUTTERING | ||||
| JES. Journal of Engineering Sciences | ||||
| Article 2, Volume 45, No 2, March and April 2017, Page 142-155 PDF (1.18 MB) | ||||
| Document Type: Research Paper | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jesaun.2017.116097 | ||||
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| Authors | ||||
| F . M. El-Hossary1; A . M. Abd El-Rahman1; Moataz H. Ata2; M .A.Hassan2 | ||||
| 1Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt | ||||
| 2Mechanical Department, Faculty of Industrial Education, Sohag University, Sohag, Egypt | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| The aim of this paper was to study the effectiveness of N2/Ar gas ratio on the mechanical and tribological properties of Ti-Zr-N films coated on (AISI 304 stainless steel) substrate. The thin films were produced at 150 W pulsed magnetron sputtering (PMS) technique operated for 90 min. The structure and tribo-mechanical properties of the Ti-Zr-N coatings were investigated at different N2 /Ar gas pressure ratio. X-ray diffraction (XRD), microhardness, surface roughness, wear and friction, corrosion performance and surface energy were investigated. The analysis of X-ray diffraction (XRD) indicated a formation of solid solution phase of (Ti-Zr)N with (FCC) structure and a chemical compound phase of TiN. The solid solution phase (Ti-Zr)N has the orientation (111). The microhardness of the thin films has high values compared to associated value of (AISI 304 stainless steel) substrate; up to 4-folds. Furthermore, the wear performance was improved from 73.06 mm3/m for AISI substrate to 5.01 mm3/m after depositing Ti-Zr-N. The coefficient of friction was decreased from nearly 0.69 for the austenitic substrate to nearly 0.12 after coating with Ti-Zr-N. Over and above, the corrosion resistance substantially improved (factor of 1000 times) after the coating. | ||||
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