Acta Metallurgica Sinica (English Letters) ›› 1993, Vol. 6 ›› Issue (7): 29-34.

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MICROSTRUCTURE AND INDENTATION BEHAVIOUR OF MULTILAYER Ti-N FILM

WAGENDRISTEL A Viena Technical Univessity,AustriaHUANG Rongfang Institute of Metal Research,Academia Sinica,Shenyang,ChinaBANGERT H YANG Xia WU Lihang WANG Haifeng PANGRATZ H SKALICKY P Viena Technical University,Austria Associate Professor,Institute of Metall Research,Academia Sinica,Shenyang 110015,China   

  • Received:1993-07-11 Revised:1993-07-11 Online:1993-07-11 Published:2009-10-10

Abstract: The microstructure of Ti/TiN multilayer film was studied.It was shown by trans- mission electron microscopy of cross-sectional sample and respective secondary neutrals mass-spectroscopy depth profiling that the film has a periodic alternate multilayered structure:substrate /FeTi/Ti/Ti_2N/TiN/Ti_2N/Ti/Ti_2N/TiN...Ti/Ti_2N/TiN,where FeTi and Ti_2N were the transition layers formed during ion plating.Cross-sectional fracture surface of indentation samples had been obtained and studied with scanning electron microscopy.It was shown that the multilayer film deformed during indentation, formed an indentation pit and a pile-up of materials around the indentation pit.As the applied load increased deformation region extended beyond the film/substratc interface and into the substrate,the interlayer crack in the film and hole formation at the film /substrate interface were initiated.It is also shown that the multilayered Ti/TiN film offered better toughness in comparison with single layer TiN film.

Key words: multilayer Ti-N film, microstructure, indentation