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Ion Beam Characterization of Nanocomposite Tribological Coatings


EMSL Project ID
13292

Abstract

The demand for low-friction and wear resistant components capable of operation in severe environments has directed attention to advanced surface engineering technologies. The Large Area Filtered Arc Deposition (LAFAD) process, combined with magnetron deposition, makes possible functionally graded, multilayer, nanocomposite architectures of multi-elemental coatings via electro-magnetic mixing of plasma flows composed of different metal vapor ions and reactive gasses. Time is requested to use the Ion Beam Facilities at EMSL to fully characterize the total composition of all elements, including hydrogen, in these coatings as part of a larger program to determine the tribological properties of the coatings.

Project Details

Project type
Exploratory Research
Start Date
2005-02-01
End Date
2007-01-19
Status
Closed

Team

Principal Investigator

Richard Smith
Institution
Montana State University

Related Publications

“Tribological performance of hybrid filtered arc-magnetron coatings. Part I: Coating deposition process and basic coating properties characterization”, V.Gorokhovsky, C.Bowman, P.Gannon, D.VanVorous, A. Voevodin, A. Rutkowski, C.Muratore, R.J.Smith, A.Kayani, D.Gelles, V.Shutthanandan, B.G.Trusov, Surface and Coatings Technology, 201 (2006), 3732-3747.