Published July 2010 | Version v1
Journal article

Microstructural investigation of Ti-Si-N hard coatings

  • 1. The Australian Key Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006 (Australia)
  • 2. Department of Materials, University of Oxford, Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3PH (United Kingdom)
  • 3. CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, P.O. Box 218, Lindfield, NSW 2070 (Australia)

Description

The microstructures of nanostructured Ti-Si-N hard coatings were investigated by transmission electron microscopy and pulsed laser atom probe. C and O impurities were detected. No evidence of increased Si levels at the grain boundaries was found, suggesting that Si is either in the form of a layer too thin to be detected using the techniques employed or in the form of a solid solution of SiN clusters.

Availability note (English)

Available from http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2010.03.050

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Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.scriptamat.2010.03.050;
PII
S1359-6462(10)00196-X;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Scripta Materialia
Journal Volume
63
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 192-195
ISSN
1359-6462
CODEN
SCMAF7

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