中国有色金属学报(英文版)
Transactions of Nonferrous Metals Society of China
| Vol. 25 No. 2 February 2015 |
（1. School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510640, China;
2. Department of New Materials, Guangdong General Research Institute of Industrial Technology
(Guangzhou Research Institute of Nonferrous Metals), Guangzhou 510650, China）
Abstract:Ti/TiN/Zr/ZrN multilayer coatings were deposited on Cr17Ni2 steel substrates with different surface roughnesses by vacuum cathodic arc deposition method. Microstructure, micro-hardness, adhesion strength and cross-sectional morphology of the obtained multilayer coatings were investigated. The results show that the Vickers hardness of Ti/TiN/Zr/ZrN multilayer coating, with a film thickness of 11.37 μm, is 29.36 GPa. The erosion and salt spray resistance performance of Cr17Ni2 steel substrates can be evidently improved by Ti/TiN/Zr/ZrN multilayer coating. The surface roughness of Cr17Ni2 steel substrates plays an important role in determining the mechanical and erosion performances of Ti/TiN/Zr/ZrN multilayer coatings. Overall, a low value of the surface roughness of substrates corresponds to an improved performance of erosion and salt spray resistance of multilayer coatings. The optimized performance of Ti/TiN/Zr/ZrN multilayer coatings can be achieved provided that the surface roughness of Cr17Ni2 steel substrates is lower than 0.4 μm.
Key words: Ti/TiN/Zr/ZrN multilayer coatings; surface roughness; sand erosion resistance; corrosion resistance; vacuum cathodic arc deposition; TiN; ZrN
