Indentation hardness evaluation of cathodic are deposited thin hard coatings

Journal article

One trend in the development of wear-resistant vapour deposited coatings is to make them increasingly harder and thinner, by improvement and optimisation of the deposition processes. A complex interdependence exists between the individual properties of a coating and a substrate on the one hand, and those of the 'composite' coated system on the other. For example, system stiffness and hardness may vary with indentation depth according to different laws. There is a great need for quantitative m...

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Authors: Tuck, JR; Korsunsky, A; Bhat, D; Bull, S

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: SURFACE and COATINGS TECHNOLOGY
• Volume: 139
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 63-74
• Publication date: 2001-05-01
• DOI: 10.1016/S0257-8972(00)01116-6
• ISSN: 0257-8972
• Language: English
• Keywords: scanning electron microscopy (B); titanium nitride (D); vickers hardness test (B); zirconium nitride (D); cathodic arc evaporation (C); characterisation models (X)