ISSN:
1089-7550
Source:
AIP Digital Archive
Topics:
Physics
Notes:
Refractory metallic coatings of (W0.6Re0.4)76B24 (WReB) have been deposited onto glass, quartz, and heat-treated AISI 52100 bearing steel substrates by dc magnetron sputtering. As-deposited WReB films are amorphous, as shown by their diffuse x-ray diffraction patterns; chemically homogeneous, according to secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) analysis; and they exhibit a very high (∼ 1000 °C) crystallization temperature. Adhesion strength of these coatings on heat-treated AISI 52100 steel is in excess of ∼20, 000 psi and they possess high microhardness (∼ 2400 HV50). Unlubricated wear resistance of such hard and adherent amorphous metallic coatings on AISI 52100 steel is studied using the pin-on-disc method under various loading conditions. Amorphous metallic WReB coatings, about 4 μm thick, exhibit an improvement of more than two and a half orders of magnitude in the unlubricated wear resistance over that of the uncoated AISI 52100 steel.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.336295
