Nanostructuring and coherency strain in multicomponent hard coatings
Author(s) -
Rikard Forsén,
I.C. Schramm,
Per O. Å. Persson,
Frank Mücklich,
Magnus Odén,
Naureen Ghafoor
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
apl materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.571
H-Index - 60
ISSN - 2166-532X
DOI - 10.1063/1.4901125
Subject(s) - materials science , spinodal decomposition , annealing (glass) , metastability , spinodal , microstructure , hexagonal crystal system , lattice (music) , nanometre , crystallography , condensed matter physics , phase (matter) , metallurgy , composite material , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , acoustics
Lattice resolved and quantitative compositional characterizations of the microstructure in TiCrAlN wear resistant coatings emerging at elevated temperatures are performed to address the spinodal decomposition into nanometer-sized coherent cubic TiCr- and Al-rich domains. The domains coarsen during annealing and at 1100 ºC, the Al-rich domains include a metastable cubic Al(Cr)N phase containing 9 at.% Cr and a stable hexagonal AlN phase containing less than 1 at.% Cr. The cubic and the hexagonal phases form strained semi-coherent interfaces with each other
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