Use of ball-cratering wear test and nanoscratching test to compare the wear resistance of homogeneous and functionally graded titanium nitride thin films

Felipe Carneiro da Silva; Marcelo de Matos Macedo; Juan Manuel Costa Miscione; Luis César Fontana; Julio César Sagás; Ronaldo Câmara Cozza; Claudio Geraldo Schön

Journal of Materials Research and Technology (Jan 2023)

Use of ball-cratering wear test and nanoscratching test to compare the wear resistance of homogeneous and functionally graded titanium nitride thin films

Felipe Carneiro da Silva,
Marcelo de Matos Macedo,
Juan Manuel Costa Miscione,
Luis César Fontana,
Julio César Sagás,
Ronaldo Câmara Cozza,
Claudio Geraldo Schön

Affiliations

Felipe Carneiro da Silva: Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Universidade de São Paulo, Escola Politécnica, Av. Prof. Mello Moraes, 2463, 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; CEETEPS, State Center of Technological Education Paula Souza, Faculty of Technology, Department of Production Management, Campus Cotia, Rua Nelson Raineri, 700, 06702-155, Cotia, SP, Brazil; CEETEPS, State Center of Technological Education Paula Souza, Faculty of Technology, Department of Mechanical Manufacturing, Campus São Paulo, Av. Tiradentes, 615, 01124-060, São Paulo, SP, Brazil; Corresponding author. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Universidade de S˜ao Paulo, Escola Polit´ecnica, Av. Prof. Mello Moraes, 2463, 05508-900, S˜ao Paulo, SP, Brazil.
Marcelo de Matos Macedo: UFABC, Federal University of ABC, Department of Materials Science, Rua Abolição, S/n – 09210-180, Santo André, SP, Brazil
Juan Manuel Costa Miscione: Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Universidade de São Paulo, Escola Politécnica, Av. Prof. Mello Moraes, 2463, 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Luis César Fontana: UDESC, Santa Catarina State University Laboratory of Plasmas, Films and Surfaces, Rua Paulo Malschitzki 200, 89219-710, Zona Industrial Norte, Joinville, SC, Brazil
Julio César Sagás: UDESC, Santa Catarina State University Laboratory of Plasmas, Films and Surfaces, Rua Paulo Malschitzki 200, 89219-710, Zona Industrial Norte, Joinville, SC, Brazil
Ronaldo Câmara Cozza: FEI University Center, Educational Foundation of Ignatius Priest Saboia de Medeiros, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Av. Humberto de Alencar Castelo Branco, 3972, 09850-901, São Bernardo do Campo, SP, Brazil; CEETEPS, State Center of Technological Education Paula Souza, Faculty of Technology, Department of Mechanical Manufacturing, Campus Mauá, Av. Antônia Rosa Fioravante, 804, 09390-120, Mauá, SP, Brazil
Claudio Geraldo Schön: Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Universidade de São Paulo, Escola Politécnica, Av. Prof. Mello Moraes, 2463, 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 22
pp. 54 – 65

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Homogeneous (HM) and functionally graded (FG) TiN thin films were produced by the grid-assisted magnetron sputtering (GAMS) technique. The joint use of ball-cratering micro-abrasive wear test (BCMA) and nanoscratching (NN) test was proposed and carried out to evaluate the wear resistance of TiN films. The results showed an increase of 33.3% wear resistance in the FG TiN thin film, when compared with the HM TiN thin film. This result was justified by the higher resistance to nucleation and propagation of cracks and higher level of adhesion to the substrate by the FG TiN thin film, validated through the NN tests.

Published in Journal of Materials Research and Technology

ISSN: 2238-7854 (Print); 2214-0697 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Netherlands
LCC subjects: Technology: Mining engineering. Metallurgy
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-materials-research-and-technology/

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