Manufacturing Technology 2023, 23(2):194-203 | DOI: 10.21062/mft.2023.029

Comparison of Mechanical and Tribological Properties of TiN and ZrN Coatings Deposited by Arc-PVD

Michal Krafka ORCID...1, Ladislav Lemberk ORCID...2, Nikolay Petkov ORCID...3, Lucie Svobodová ORCID...1, Totka Bakalova ORCID...1
1 Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Department of Material Science, Technical University of Liberec, Studentska 2, 461 17 Liberec, Czech Republic
2 Institute for Nanomaterials, Advanced Technologies and Innovation, Technical University of Liberec, Studentská 1402/2, 461 17 Liberec, Czech Republic
3 Central Laboratory of Applied Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 61, St. Peterburg Blvd. 4000 Plovdiv, Bulgaria

The continuous development of thin coatings for different applications and using various coating meth-ods require the characterization of these newly formed surfaces to evaluate their utility properties. Binary thin coatings of titanium (TiN) and zirconium (ZrN) nitrides were prepared using the Arc-PVD (Ca-thodic Arc Deposition) method. Differences were observed in the structure and morphology of the thin coatings and the change in tribological properties at room and elevated temperatures (150 °C and 300 °C). The research is focused on evaluating the frictional properties of the coating using the Ball-on-Disc method in the dry friction mode. The emphasis is placed on the resistance of the thin coating to wear. The nanohardness was measured to be 26.2 GPa for TiN and 24.8 GPa for ZrN. Index of resistivity against plastic deformation H³/E² (plastic deformation resistance) for ZrN coating – 0.087 and TiN coating – 0.095, H/E (plasticity index) for ZrN – 0.059 and TiN – 0.060. Better friction properties and wear resistance (at 150 °C) were found for the TiN coating compared to the ZrN coating.

Keywords: Thin coatings (TiN, ZrN); Cathodic arc deposition; Tribological properties; Mechanical properties; Wear re-sistance
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This work was supported by the Student Grant Competition of the Technical University of Liberec under project No. SGS-2022-5060 and by the project “Pretreatment, coating and protection of the substrate”, registration number CZ.01.1.02/0.0/0.0/20_321/0025264 were obtained through the financial support of the Ministry of Industry and Trade in the framework of the targeted support of the “Application VIII”, the Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovations for Competitiveness

Received: December 12, 2022; Revised: December 12, 2022; Accepted: April 20, 2023; Prepublished online: April 25, 2023; Published: May 4, 2023  Show citation

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Krafka M, Lemberk L, Petkov N, Svobodová L, Bakalova T. Comparison of Mechanical and Tribological Properties of TiN and ZrN Coatings Deposited by Arc-PVD. Manufacturing Technology. 2023;23(2):194-203. doi: 10.21062/mft.2023.029.
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