Comparison to Micro Wear Mechanism of PVD Chromium Coatings and Electroplated Hard Chromium
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Coating Deposition
2.2. Microscopic Characterization
2.3. Mechanical and Tribological Properties
3. Results
3.1. Characteristics of Microstructure
3.1.1. X-ray Diffraction
3.1.2. SEM
3.2. Tribological and Mechanical Properties Testing
3.2.1. Mechanical Properties
3.2.2. Galling Wear Testing
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Processing | MSIP | MAIP | Pulsed Bias | ||
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ICr (A) | ICr (A) | Voltage (−V) | Frequency (kHz) | Pulse Width (μs) | |
Ion cleaning | 0.3 | 0.3 | 400 | 250 | 0.5 |
Cr layer | 2.5 | 1.5 | 60 | 50 | 1.5 |
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Yang, Z.; Zhang, N.; Li, H.; Chen, B.; Yang, B. Comparison to Micro Wear Mechanism of PVD Chromium Coatings and Electroplated Hard Chromium. Materials 2023, 16, 2695. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16072695
Yang Z, Zhang N, Li H, Chen B, Yang B. Comparison to Micro Wear Mechanism of PVD Chromium Coatings and Electroplated Hard Chromium. Materials. 2023; 16(7):2695. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16072695
Chicago/Turabian StyleYang, Zhongyi, Ning Zhang, Hongtao Li, Bo Chen, and Bo Yang. 2023. "Comparison to Micro Wear Mechanism of PVD Chromium Coatings and Electroplated Hard Chromium" Materials 16, no. 7: 2695. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma16072695