| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/K70328/01 |
| Title: |
DEVELOPMENT AND APPLICATION OF DIAMOND LIKE CARBON (DLC) COATINGS |
| Principal Investigator: |
Arnell, Professor RD |
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| Department: |
Aeronautical & Mechanical Eng (Res Cen) |
| Organisation: |
University of Salford |
| Scheme: |
LINK |
| Starts: |
01 January 1996 |
Ends: |
31 December 1998 |
Value (£): |
111,734
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The overall scientific objective of this programme will be to establish a basic understanding of the correlation between all the deposition process parameters, the DLC microstructure, composition and properties, and the tribological and mechanical behaviour of DLC-coated surfaces.The process variables to be studied will be: source material; precursor; dopants; plasma species; bias mode; bias magnitude; process pressure; and substrate ion current density. Teer Coatings have recently developed a variable magnetron which allows independent control of substrate ion current density, and this is expected to provide a crucial degree of freedom in optimising the process.The basic results obtained will be: the graphite/diamond bond ratio; the amounts of hydrogen, metal and dopant in the film; the film structure and density; the stresses in the coating and substrate; and the effects of various interlayers on these stresses.The above results will be related to the mechanical and tribological properties of the coated surface, such as: critical load; elastic modulus, and friction and wear behaviour, against a variety of counterfaces, and both dry and lubricated.
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http://www.salford.ac.uk |