Corrosion behavior of nanolayered TiN/NbN multilayer coatings prepared by reactive direct current magnetron sputtering process

Corrosion behavior of nanolayered TiN/NbN multilayer coatings prepared by reactive direct current magnetron sputtering process

TiN, NbN and TiN/NbN multilayer coatings were deposited on tool steel substrates using a reactive DC magnetron sputtering process. The coatings were characterized using X-ray diffraction, nanoindentation, atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray analysi...

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Published in:Thin solid films Vol. 460; no. 1; pp. 133 - 142
Main Authors: Barshilia, Harish C, Surya Prakash, M, Poojari, Aithu, Rajam, K.S
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Lausanne Elsevier B.V 22-07-2004
Elsevier Science
Subjects:
Applied sciences
Corrosion
Corrosion behavior
Corrosion mechanisms
Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science; rheology
Deposition by sputtering
Exact sciences and technology
Materials science
Metals. Metallurgy
Methods of deposition of films and coatings; film growth and epitaxy
Nanolayered TiN/NbN multilayers
NbN
Physics
Reactive DC magnetron sputtering
TiN
Nanolayered TiN/NbN multilayers
TiN
NbN
Reactive DC magnetron sputtering
Corrosion behavior
Atomic force microscopy
Polarization
Binary compound
Magnetron
Crystal growth from vapors
Coatings
Inorganic compound
Thick film
Scanning electron microscopy
Transition element compounds
Nanoindentation
Multiple layer
Titanium nitride
Experimental study
X ray diffraction
Corrosion resistance
Niobium nitride
Reactive sputtering
Cathodic sputtering
Nanostructured materials
Interface
Energy-dispersive X-ray analysis
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Summary:TiN, NbN and TiN/NbN multilayer coatings were deposited on tool steel substrates using a reactive DC magnetron sputtering process. The coatings were characterized using X-ray diffraction, nanoindentation, atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive X-ray analysis. The corrosion behavior of TiN/NbN multilayer coatings was studied in 0.5 M HCl and 0.5 M NaCl solutions using potentiodynamic polarization and compared with single layered TiN and NbN coatings. Approximately 1.5 μm thick coatings of TiN, NbN and TiN/NbN multilayers showed good corrosion protection of the tool steel substrate and multilayer coatings performed better than single layered coatings. The corrosion behavior of the multilayers improved with total number of interfaces in the coatings. In order to conclusively demonstrate the positive effect of layering, corrosion behavior of 40-layer TiN/NbN multilayers was studied at lower coating thicknesses (32–200 nm) and compared with single layer TiN coatings of similar thicknesses. The polarization data and SEM studies of these coatings indicated that the corrosion behavior improved with coating thickness and multilayers showed better corrosion resistance as compared to the single layer coatings. Other studies such as intrinsic corrosion, effects of Ti interlayer and post-deposition annealing on the corrosion behavior of the multilayer coatings are also presented in this paper. The results of this study demonstrate that nanolayered multilayers can effectively improve the corrosion behavior of transition metal nitride hard coatings.
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ISSN:0040-6090
1879-2731
DOI:10.1016/j.tsf.2004.01.096