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Structure and Properties of CrN/TiN Multilayer Coatings Produced by Cathodic Arc Plasma Deposition on Copper and Beryllium-Copper Alloy

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This study investigates the structure and properties of multilayer coatings consisting of alternating CrN/TiN layers deposited on C11000 copper and aged C17200 beryllium-copper alloy. The coatings are produced by cathodic arc plasma deposition using two chromium and titanium cathodes. It is shown that coatings formed on the surface of copper and beryllium-copper alloy consist of well-separated submicron nitride layers with a total thickness of about 4 μm. The microhardness of the deposited multilayer coatings reaches 11–12 GPa. The adhesive strength is studied by scratch testing. The behavior of multilayer coatings is investigated in tribological tests with boundary lubrication. The fracture of coatings on copper and beryllium-copper alloy in scratch tests occurs at loads up to 10 and 20 N, respectively. The friction coefficients determined in tribological tests behave similarly depending on time for coatings on both copper and beryllium-copper alloy. With increasing load from 1 to 5 N, the friction coefficients decrease from 0.2 to 0.1.

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

We are grateful to Prof. S.Yu. Tarasov for fruitful discussions of the experimental results.

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Coatings deposited on copper (С11000) were studied under the government statement of work for ISPMS SB RAS, research line FWRW-0006. The study of the structure and properties of coatings on С17200 alloy was supported by the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (Project No. 20-58-00048 Bel_a).

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    A. V. Kolubaev, O. V. Sizova, N. V. Teryukalova & O. S. Novitskaya

  2. Institute of High Current Electronics, Siberian Branch, Russian Academy of Sciences, 634055, Tomsk, Russia

    Yu. A. Denisova & A. A. Leonov

  3. Belarusian National Technical University, 220013, Minsk, Belarus

    A. V. Byeli

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Translated from Fizicheskaya Mezomekhanika, 2022, Vol. 25, No. 2, pp. 35–46.

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Kolubaev, A.V., Sizova, O.V., Denisova, Y.A. et al. Structure and Properties of CrN/TiN Multilayer Coatings Produced by Cathodic Arc Plasma Deposition on Copper and Beryllium-Copper Alloy. Phys Mesomech 25, 306–317 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1134/S102995992204004X

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