TY - JOUR A1 - Österle, Werner A1 - Griepentrog, Michael A1 - Klaffke, Dieter T1 - Microstructural characterization of wear particles formed during tribological stressing of TiC and Ti(C,N) coatings N2 - An attempt was undertaken to obtain a better understanding of the tribological properties of two wear-resistant coatings on tool steel by structural and microchemical analysis of wear particles using a transmission electron microscope. Coatings were deposited by physical vapor deposition and plasma-assisted chemical vapor deposition techniques and tribological properties were derived from reciprocating sliding tests of the coatings against alumina balls. Three types of wear particles were identified by electron diffraction and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy: nanocrystalline rutile (TiO2), nanocrystalline graphite and microcrystalline graphite. Low coefficients of friction, of the order of 0.2, were attributed to the formation of solid lubricant films of sub-stoichiometric TiO2-x Magnéli phases and/or graphite. KW - Third body KW - Solid lubrication KW - Coating, debris KW - Wear particle KW - TEM PY - 2002 U6 - https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1015491027710 SN - 1023-8883 SN - 1573-2711 VL - 12 IS - 4 SP - 229 EP - 234 PB - Springer Science Business Media B.V. CY - Dordrecht AN - OPUS4-1379 LA - eng AD - Bundesanstalt fuer Materialforschung und -pruefung (BAM), Berlin, Germany ER -