Protective Heterophase Coatings Produced by Electrospark Deposition and High-Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering
摘要
In order to increase the service life of critical products made of refractory metals, the most effective is the use of protective coatings based on oxidation-resistant ceramic materials. Using an electrode/target made of heterophase HfSi2–MoSi2–HfB2 ceramics by electrospark deposition (ESD), high-power impulse magnetron sputtering (HIPIMS) technologies, as well as the combined ESD + HIPIMS technology, coatings were deposited onto molybdenum substrate (MCh-1 brand). Electrode materials and coatings were studied by the X-ray diffraction, the glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy, the X-ray spectral microanalysis, and the scanning electron microscopy. Combined ESD + HIPIMS technology made it possible to create a hard layer of oxidation-resistant ceramics on the surface of the substrate, which does not produce through cracks inherent in ESD coatings.