(Sumy State University, 2018) Sobol, O. V.; Postelnyk, A. A.; Mygushchenko, R. P.; Gorban, V. F.; Stolbovoy, V. A.; Zvyagolskiy, A. V.
The effect of constant (Ub) and high voltage pulse (Uip) bias potentials supplied to the substrate during condensation, on the structure and properties of vacuum-arc (TiVZrN-Hf)Nх coatings has been studied. It has
been determined that the number and size of the drop phase decreases with increasing Ub. The use of Uip promotes a more uniform growth in the coating volume. It is shown that due to the increase of Ub from 0 to 200 V in nitride coatings of high entropy alloys, it is possible to change the growth texture [100] to [111]. This results in increased hardness from 32 GPa to 49 GPa. The supply of high voltage potential in a pulse form leads to a relative decrease in the average size of crystallites and the formation of a bi-texture state. Conditions and mechanisms of the preferential crystallites orientation (axial texture) of vacuum arc (TiVZrNbHf)Nх coatings and texture influence on mechanical properties have been discussed.
