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Title: Effect of a hard sublayer on contact interaction and wear behavior of electrodeposited gold-based coatings

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4901491· OSTI ID:22390423

The mechanical properties and wear of electroplated Au–Ni coatings deposited on beryllium bronze substrates with Ni or Ni–B intermediate layers were investigated. It was revealed that the sublayer material has no significant effect on the hardness and the elastic modulus of the coatings. At the same time, the harder sublayer favors localization of plastic deformation and, thus, strain hardening of coatings in the course of tribological tests. The Ni–B sublayer was shown to provide significant wear reduction of Au–Ni coatings as compared with the Ni sublayer.

OSTI ID:
22390423
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1623, Issue 1; Conference: International Conference on Physical Mesomechanics of Multilevel Systems 2014, Tomsk (Russian Federation), 3-5 Sep 2014; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English