Preparation, Thermal Shock and Wear Properties of a N-doped Ta Coating

doi:10.11901/1005.3093.2024.053

Chinese Journal of Materials Research

2025, Vol. 39

Issue (5): 321-328 DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2024.053

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Preparation, Thermal Shock and Wear Properties of a N-doped Ta Coating

NIU Yunsong¹^,², ZHU Shenglong²(

), WEN Gangzhu³, WANG Dianrong³, HUANG Jinfeng¹, CHEN Minghui⁴(

), CHEN Qiang⁵, WANG Fuhui⁴

^1.State Key Laboratory for Advanced Metals and Materials, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
^2.Shi -Changxu Innovation Center for Advanced Materials, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China
^3.Inner Mongolia North Heavy Industries Group Co., Ltd., Baotou 014030, China
^4.Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110819, China
^5.Southwest Technology and Engineering Research Institute, Chongqing 400039, China

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NIU Yunsong, ZHU Shenglong, WEN Gangzhu, WANG Dianrong, HUANG Jinfeng, CHEN Minghui, CHEN Qiang, WANG Fuhui. Preparation, Thermal Shock and Wear Properties of a N-doped Ta Coating. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2025, 39(5): 321-328.

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Conventional magnetron sputtered Ta coating prepared by magnetron sputtering in low pressure Ar atmosphere was always of brittle β phase. Replacing Ar with Kr, Xe and other large atomic gases could increase the proportion of α-Ta within the coating, thus increasing the toughness of the coating. However, Kr and Xe etc. are rare and expensive, which is not suitable for production. In this study, a single-phase α-Ta coating was prepared on 304 stainless steel by magnetron sputtering in low pressure mixed Ar+N₂ atmosphere, which is far cheap than the rare gases. By comparing the results of water quenching (thermal shock) test and wear test for the two type coatings, i.e. prepared in low pressure Ar and Ar+N₂ respectively, it is found that: Prepared in low pressure Ar atmosphere, the sputtered Ta coating is mainly β-Ta. After 10 cycles of thermal shock, the oxide scale spalls off largely with a loss weight of 10.24 mg/cm². Its Vickers hardness is HV370, the friction coefficient is 0.556, and the wear loss is as high as 1.9 × 10^-3 mm³/(N·m); In the contrast, prepared in low pressure mixed Ar + N₂ atmosphere, the sputtered Ta coating is pure α-Ta. After 10 cycles of thermal shock, its loss in weight is only 0.90 mg/cm², what's more, there is no significant difference in surface morphology before and after thermal shock. Its Vickers hardness is HV1900, the friction coefficient is 0.304, and the wear loss is only 3.7 × 10^-4 mm³/(N·m).

Key words: materials failure and protection N-doped Ta coating magnetron sputtering thermal shock wear

Received: 22 January 2024

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TG174.444

Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(51701223)

Corresponding Authors: ZHU Shenglong, Tel: (024) 23904856, E-mail: slzhu@imr.ac.cnCHEN Minghui, Tel: (024) 83691562, E-mail: mhchen@mail.neu.edu.cn

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Fig.1 Surface morphology of as-deposited (a) Ta(Ar) and (c) Ta(Ar+N₂) coating, cross-sectional morphology of as-deposited (b) Ta(Ar) and (d) Ta(Ar+N₂) coating

Fig.2 XRD patterns of the as-deposited Ta(Ar) and Ta(Ar+N₂) coatings

Fig.3 Load-displacement (P-h) relationship of the Ta(Ar) and Ta(Ar+N₂) coatings and the 304 stainless steel substrate (304SS)

Table 1 Hardness and elastic modulus of the Ta(Ar) and Ta(Ar+N₂) coatings and the 304 stainless steel substrate (304SS) obtained from their nano-indentation curves

Fig.4 Thermal shock kinetics at 820 ^oC of the two tantalum coatings: Ta(Ar) and Ta(Ar+N₂)

Fig.5 XRD patterns of the Ta(Ar) and Ta(Ar+N₂) coatings after thermal shock at 820 ^oC for 10 cycles

Fig.6 Surface morphologies ((a) low magnification,(b) high magnification) and cross-section morphology (c) of the Ta(Ar) coating after thermal shock at 820 ^oC for 10 cycles

Fig.7 Surface ((a) low magnification, (b) high magnification) and cross-section (c) morphologies of the Ta(Ar+N₂) coating after thermal shock at 820 ^oC for 10 cycles

Fig.8 Friction coefficients of the Ta(Ar) and Ta(Ar+N₂) coatings

Table 2 Wear loss of the two tantalum coatings (Ta(Ar) and Ta(Ar+N₂)) through measuring weight (W) and volume of wear trace (V), respectively

Fig.9 SEM morphologies of the wear traces on the two tantalum coatings after wear test (a, b) Ta(Ar) coating and (c, d) Ta(Ar+N₂) coating

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