Research Article
Comparative Experimental Study of Tribo-Mechanical Performance of Low-Temperature PVD Based TiN Coated PRCL Systems for Diesel Engine
Table 7
Results of hardness and scratch adhesion of TiN coating of cylinder liners.
| Coating Thickness (μm) | Fine Samples Hardness (GPa) | Rough Samples Hardness (GPa) | Fine Samples Adhesion (N) | Rough Samples Adhesion (N) |
| 1.920 | 5.963 | 7.882 | 11.04 | 14.38 | 3.523 | 7.587 | 9.477 | 11.60 | 14.07 | 5.120 | 10.001 | 10.482 | 11.72 | 14.58 |
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