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Influence of hardness ratio on scratch failure of coatings

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    Abstract

    The effects of hardness ratio of coating to substrate on the scratching characteristics of four different kinds of coatings (Al, W, TiN and Ti1-xAlxN) deposited on aluminium, tungsten carbide and three types of M42 high speed steel were investigated. Based on the observed failure modes on the scratch tracks using scanning electron microscopy, coating failure maps consisting of regions of no failure mixed failure total coating break-through are constructed. The loading required for a particular failure mode decreases with increasing hardness ratio.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)3-21
    JournalInternational Journal of Surface Science and Engineering
    Volume1
    Issue number1
    DOIs
    Publication statusOnline published - 9 May 2007

    Funding

    The authors acknowledge the access to facilities in the Advanced Coatings Applied Research Laboratory (ACARL) supported by the Innovation Technology Fund from the ITC HKSAR. Thanks are also due to the Hong Kong Research Grants Council CERG (project number: CityU1173/03E) for financial support of this project. YWM thanks the Australian Research Council for the award of a Federation Fellowship tenable at the University of Sydney.

    Research Keywords

    • coatings
    • failure map
    • hardness ratio
    • scratch test

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