The Adhesion, Friction, and Wear of Sputtered Titanium Carbide Coatings on Polished Steel Substrates.

Abstract

The objectives of the research program were to investigate the friction and wear behavior of sputter deposited TiC coatings on polished steel substrates. The variables investigated included rubbing speed, normal load and film thickness. A pin-on-disc machine was constructed for making the friction and wear measurements. As highly adherent films were desirable for this study, the initial work of Greene and Pestes was extended to include the influence of Argon sputtering pressure on adhesion. Films used for wear measurements were those in which adhesion was optimized through control of substrate temperature, substrate bias, and Argon sputtering pressure.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 1975
Accession Number
ADA019423

Entities

People

  • Lawrence Ching-yu-wu

Organizations

  • University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adhesion
  • Ceramic Materials
  • Coatings
  • Friction
  • Measurement
  • Sputtering
  • Substrates
  • Thickness
  • Titanium

Fields of Study

  • Materials science

Readers

  • Surface Engineering/Surface Coating Technology.
  • Tribology (the study of the boundary interaction between sliding surfaces, lubrication, wear and friction).