H. Nagasaka et al., TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF TITANIUM NITRIDE FILMS PREPARED BY DYNAMICION-BEAM MIXING METHOD, Nuclear instruments & methods in physics research. Section B, Beam interactions with materials and atoms, 121(1-4), 1997, pp. 279-282
Titanium nitride (TiN) films have been developed by a dynamic ion beam
mixing (DM) process, which combines Ti vapor deposition with simultan
eous nitrogen ion beam irradiation, Tribological properties of DM TiN
film on martensitic stainless steel have been investigated concerning
their application to dry gas seal materials for compressors and turbin
es, The microhardness, adhesion force, wear resistance and frictional
coefficient properties of DM TiN film were investigated and compared t
o conventional hard materials such as are ion plating (IP) TIN film, c
hromium carbide (Cr3C2) thermal spray coating and tungsten carbide (WC
) hard alloy. The results show wear resistance and friction in TiN fil
ms prepared by the DM process to be superior to that in conventional h
ard materials.