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Mechanical properties of a-C, SiC and Ti-C: H films

  • Radim Čtvrtlík , Martin Stranyánek , Petr Boháčv , Valeriy Kulikovsky and Jan Suchánek
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International Journal of Materials Research
From the journal International Journal of Materials Research Volume 99 Issue 8

Abstract

a-C, a-SiC and Ti-C: H coatings were deposited on two steel substrates with different hardness by magnetron sputtering. Their mechanical properties were investigated by depth sensing indentation and dry sliding testing. Load – displacement curves were obtained using a NanoTest™ NT600 instrument equipped with a Berkovich indenter. The depth profiles of the mechanical properties (indentation hardness H, effective modulus Eeff, and also H/Eeff and H3/E2eff ratios) on both substrates are presented. The goal of this article is to compare the dependence of the real response of a coating/substrate system on the substrate. Regardless of substrate type the highest and the lowest values of hardness and modulus belong to a-C and Ti-C: H films, respectively.

Keywords: Diamond-like carbon; Nanoindentation; Coating/substrate system
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Received: 2007-10-14
Accepted: 2008-5-27
Published Online: 2013-05-23
Published in Print: 2008-08-01

© 2008, Carl Hanser Verlag, München

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https://doi.org/10.3139/146.101711
Keywords for this article
Diamond-like carbon; Nanoindentation; Coating/substrate system

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Contents
  2. Contents
  3. Editorial
  4. Editorial
  5. Basic
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  10. Investigation of the relationship between work done during indentation and the hardness and Young's modulus obtained by indentation testing
  11. Pop-in effect in Ge- and Si-coated single-crystalline Si
  12. Multi-scale mechanical characterization of a freestanding polymer film using indentation
  13. Applied
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  15. Mechanical properties of a-C, SiC and Ti-C: H films
  16. Influence of the mathematical model on the evaluation of nanomechanical properties of ultrathin polymer layers studied by AFM
  17. AFM testing of the nanomechanical behaviour of MEMS micromembranes
  18. Mechanical and tribological behaviour of carbon nanotube brushes
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