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Effect of Axial Magnetic Field on the Microstructure, Hardness and Wear Resistance of TiN Films Deposited by Arc Ion Plating

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TiN films were deposited on stainless steel substrates by arc ion plating. The influence of an axial magnetic field was examined with regard to the microstructure, chemical elemental composition, mechanical properties and wear resistance of the films. The results showed that the magnetic field puts much effect on the preferred orientation, chemical composition, hardness and wear resistance of TiN films. The preferred orientation of the TiN films changed from (111) to (220) and finally to the coexistence of (111) and (220) texture with the increase in the applied magnetic field intensity. The concentration of N atoms in the TiN films increases with the magnetic field intensity, and the concentration of Ti atoms shows an opposite trend. At first, the hardness and elastic modulus of the TiN films increase and reach a maximum value at 5 mT and then decrease with the further increase in the magnetic field intensity. The high hardness was related to the N/Ti atomic ratio and to a well-pronounced preferred orientation of the (111) planes in the crystallites of the film parallel to the substrate surface. The wear resistance of the TiN films was significantly improved with the application of the magnetic field, and the lowest wear rate was obtained at magnetic field intensity of 5 mT. Moreover, the wear resistance of the films was related to the hardness H and the H 3/E* 2 ratio in the manner that a higher H 3/E* 2 ratio was conducive to the enhancement of the wear resistance.

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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 51171197).

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    Yan-Hui Zhao, Wen-Jin Yang, Chao-Qian Guo, Yu-Qiu Chen, Bao-Hai Yu & Jin-Quan Xiao

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Zhao, YH., Yang, WJ., Guo, CQ. et al. Effect of Axial Magnetic Field on the Microstructure, Hardness and Wear Resistance of TiN Films Deposited by Arc Ion Plating. Acta Metall. Sin. (Engl. Lett.) 28, 984–993 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40195-015-0285-x

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