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Mechanical and electrochemical surface properties of Si (100) and AISI D3 steel substrates-coated Ti–W–N, deposited by r.f. magnetron sputtering process from a binary (50% Ti, 50% W) target in an Ar/N2 (90%/10%) mixture, have been studied using nanoindentation, Tafel polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS). The crystallinity of the coatings was analyzed via X-ray diffraction (XRD) and the presence of TiN(111), TiN(200), WN2(107), and W2N(220) phases were determined. Depth sensing nanoindentation measurements were used to investigate the elasto-plastic behavior of Ti–W–N coatings. Each group of samples was deposited under the same experimental conditions (power supply, Ar/N2 gas mixture and substrate temperature), except the d.c. negative bias voltage that varied (0, −50, and −100 V) in order to study its effect on the mechanical and electrochemical properties of AISI D3 steel coated with Ti–W–N coatings. The measurements showed that the hardness and elastic modulus increase from 19 to 30 GPa and from 320 to 390 GPa, respectively, as a function of the increasing negative bias voltage. Coating track and coating-substrate debonding have been observed with atomic force microscopy (Asylum Research MFP-3D®) on the indentation sites. Finally, the corrosion resistance of Ti–W–N coatings in 3.5 wt% NaCl solution was obtained from electrochemical measurements in relation to the increase of the negative bias voltage. The obtained results have shown that at the higher negative bias voltage (−100 V), the steel coated with Ti–W–N coatings presented the lower corrosion resistance. The corrosion resistance of Ti–W–N in 3.5 wt% NaCl solution was studied in relation to the increase of the bias voltage.
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This work was supported by COLCIENCIAS and by the Excellence Center for Novel Materials, CENM, under the RC-043-2005 contract with Colciencias.
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Caicedo, J.C., Yate, L., Cabrera, G. et al. Effect of negative bias voltage on mechanical and electrochemical nature in Ti–W–N coatings. J Mater Sci 46, 1244–1252 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-010-4904-7
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