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MICROSTRUCTURE AND HIGH-HARDNESS EFFECT IN WN-BASED COATINGS MODIFIED WITH TiN AND (TiSi)N NANOLAYERS BEFORE AND AFTER HEAT TREATMENT: EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION
ABSTRACT
Monolayer tungsten nitride (WN) and multilayer WN/titanium nitride (TiN) and WN/titanium silicon nitride [(TiSi)N] coatings were produced by vacuum arc deposition on a Bulat-6 setup with continuous rotation of the substrate and samples. The results of the phase identification showed that the monolayer WN coating consisted of a cubic WN-β phase, while the results for the multilayer WN/TiN and WN/titanium silicon nitride (TiSi)N coatings revealed a two-phase composition: cubic TiN and cubic WN-β. The heat treatment caused volumetric changes in the coatings, namely, the titanium-containing layers were subjected to compression and compaction due to their lower density. The diffraction patterns of all of the coatings exhibited a B1 sodium chloride crystal structure with the main random orientations of the (111), (200), (220), and (311) crystal planes. Annealing the coatings at a moderate temperature led to partial elimination of genetic and technological defects, resulting in hardness enhancement of 6%-7%. The nanolayer structure with limited grains of nitrides in the nano-range was also favorable in improving the mechanical properties.
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