Improvement of Mechanical Property and Room Temperature Wear Resistance of AlTiN Coating Through Low Content Co-Addition of Cr and Si Elements
摘要
AlTiCrSiN coating was developed with low content co-addition of Cr and Si elements in AlTiN coating. The influence of the co-addition of Cr and Si elements on the structure, hardness, toughness and wear resistance of the AlTiN coating materials was examined by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, indentation tests and ball-on-disk friction-wear test. The results showed that the AlTiN coating mainly exhibited a fcc-AlTiN solid solution phase with (111) preferred orientation. Co-addition of Cr and Si elements in AlTiN coating changed the preferred orientation from (111) to (200). The AlTiN coating exhibited columnar structure, while the AlTiCrSiN coating exhibited a dense and featureless structure. Co-addition of Cr and Si elements improved the hardness and H/E ratio of the AlTiN coating without reducing toughness, thereby enhancing the room temperature wear resistance of AlTiN coating. However, the wear resistance of AlTiCrSiN coating at 700 ℃ was not improved because the friction coefficient of AlTiCrSiN coating was higher than that of AlTiN coating.