Texture of Magnetron Sputter-deposited 1Cr18Ni9Ti Stainless Steel

Phase transformation of magnetronsputter deposited 1Cr18Ni9Ti stainlesssteel has been studied [1]. A single bccphase was formed as the substrate tempera-ture kept below 370℃. The deposits exhibited different textures,which depended on the position of the subs-trates relative to the target: the predominant(110) planes were parallel to the surfaceof substrate which was parallel to the target:the predominance was weakened whenthe substrate surface was vertical to the

Microstructure and Thermal Properties of SiCp/Cu Composites with Mo Coating on SiC Particles

SiCp/Cu composites with a compact microstructure were successfully fabricated by vacuum hot-pressing method. In order to suppress the detrimental interfacial reactions and ameliorate the interfacial bonding between copper and silicon carbide, molybdenum coating was deposited on the surface of silicon carbide by magnetron sputtering method and crystallized heat-treatment. The effects of the interfacial design on the thermo-physical properties of Si Cp/Cu composites were studied in detail. Thermal conductivity and expansion test results showed that silicon carbide particles coated with uniform and compact molybdenum coating have improved the comprehensive thermal properties of the Si Cp/Cu composites. Furthermore, the adhesion of the interface between silicon carbide and copper was significantly strengthened after molybdenum coating. Si Cp/Cu composites with a maximum thermal conductivity of 274.056 W/（m·K） and a coefficient of thermal expansion of 9 ppm/K were successfully prepared when the volume of silicon carbide was about 50%, and these Si Cp/Cu composites have potential applications for the electronic packageing of the high integration electronic devices.

Deposition of Phase-pure Cr2AlC Coating by DC Magnetron Sputtering and Post Annealing Using Cr-Al-C Targets with Controlled Elemental Composition but Different Phase Compositions

Polycrystalline Cr2AlC coatings were prepared on M38G superalloy using a two-step method consisting of magnetron sputtering from Cr-Al-C composite targets at room temperature and subsequent annealing at 620 ℃. Particularly, various targets synthesized by hot pressing mixture of Cr, Al, and C powders at 650-1000 ℃ were used. It was found that regardless of the phase compositions and density of the com- posite targets, when the molar ratio of Cr：Al：C in the starting materials was 2：1：1, phase-pure crystalline Cr2AlC coatings were prepared by magnetron sputtering and post crystallization. The Cr2AIC coatings were dense and crack-free and had a duplex structure. The adhesion strength of the coating deposited on M38G superalloy from the 800 ℃ hot-pressed target and then annealed at 620 ℃ for 20 h in Ar exceeded 82 ± 6 MPa, while its hardness was 12 ± 3 GPa.

Microstructure and Properties of the Cr–Si–N Coatings Deposited by Combining High-Power Impulse Magnetron Sputtering(HiPIMS) and Pulsed DC Magnetron Sputtering

The Cr–Si–N coatings were prepared by combining system of high-power impulse magnetron sputtering and pulsed DC magnetron sputtering. The Si content in the coating was adjusted by changing the sputtering power of the Si target.By virtue of electron-probe microanalysis, X-ray diffraction analysis and scanning electron microscopy, the influence of the Si content on the coating composition, phase constituents, deposition rate, surface morphology and microstructure was investigated systematically. In addition, the change rules of micro-hardness, internal stress, adhesion, friction coefficient and wear rate with increasing Si content were also obtained. In this work, the precipitation of silicon in the coating was found.With increasing Si content, the coating microstructure gradually evolved from continuous columnar to discontinuous columnar and quasi-equiaxed crystals; accordingly, the coating inner stress first declined sharply and then kept almost constant. Both the coating hardness and the friction coefficient have the same change tendency with the increase of the Si content, namely increasing at first and then decreasing. The Cr–Si–N coating presented the highest hardness and average friction coefficient for an Si content of about 9.7 at.%, but the wear resistance decreased slightly due to the high brittleness.The above phenomenon was attributed to a microstructural evolution of the Cr–Si–N coatings induced by the silicon addition.