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Corrosion and wear behavior of TiN PVD coated 304 stainless-steel

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Ti/TiN multilayered physical vapor deposition (PVD) coatings were deposited on stainless-steel by cathodic arc deposition method. Bare sample of stainless steel 304 was compared with monolithic TiN coating and TiN coating having 2, 4, 6 and 8 Ti interlayers. The properties like corrosion and wear resistance were studied and analyzed comparatively. Potentiodynamic polarization curves showed that highest corrosion resistance was indicated by TiN coating with 8 Ti interlayers. Sample having 8 Ti interlayers have high corrosion potential (Ecorr) and low corrosion current density (Icorr) as compared to other samples. This may be attributed to the arrangement of interlayers that prevents the corrosive agents to penetrate surface. All multi-layered coatings show better results than the substrate material. Pin on disk wear test revealed that coating having monolithic TiN layer have the lowest coefficient of friction and consequently have less wear volume and wear rate as compared to other coatings with Ti interlayers. These results made the investigated coated stainless steel 304 valuable for wide range of industrial applications that required wear and corrosion resistance.

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This publication was supported by the Deanship of Scientific Research at Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Alkharj, Saudi Arabia. Authors also gratefully acknowledge the help and support of Mr. Ehsaan from Iftikhar Temper Company Sialkot, Pakistan for providing services of PVD coating.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, Pakistan

    Awais Awan, Riffat Asim Pasha & Ammar Naseer

  2. School of Chemical and Materials Engineering, National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Sector H-12, 44000, Islamabad, Pakistan

    Muhammad Shoaib Butt & Mohsin Saleem

  3. Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Taxila, 47050, Pakistan

    Rizwan Ahmed Malik

  4. Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah, 11952, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Ibrahim M. Alarifi

  5. Engineering and Applied Science Research Center, Majmaah University, Al-Majmaah, 11952, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Ibrahim M. Alarifi

  6. Physics Department, College of Science, Jouf University, Al-Jouf, Sakaka, P.O. Box 2014, Saudi Arabia

    Meshal Alzaid

  7. CRC for NanoCellulose Future Composites, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, 100 Inha-ro, Michuhol-ku, Incheon, 22212, Korea

    Muhammad Latif

  8. Department of Mechanical Engineering, College of Engineering, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, AlKharj, 11942, Saudi Arabia

    Hussein Alrobei

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Hussein Alrobei received a M.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2014 from University of South Florida, United States. He received Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering at University of South Florida, United States from 2015–2018. Currently, he is working as an Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering Department, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj, Saudi Arabia. His research interests include mechanical, physical and photoelectrochemical properties of molybdenum disulfide alpha-hematite nanocomposite films.

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Awan, A., Pasha, R.A., Butt, M.S. et al. Corrosion and wear behavior of TiN PVD coated 304 stainless-steel. J Mech Sci Technol 34, 3227–3232 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-020-0714-2

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