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Online ISSN : 1883-2954
Print ISSN : 0021-1575
ISSN-L : 0021-1575
Texture Formation of Very Thin TiN, TiCN and TiC Films on Single Crystal of Silicon Steel at Incipient Stage during Plasma Coating
Yukio INOKUTI
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2001 Volume 87 Issue 4 Pages 183-189

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The texture formation of very thin (0.05 μm) TiN, TiCN and TiC films at the incipient stage during plasma coating of (011)[100] single crystals of silicon steel was investigated using the electron back scattering diffraction (EBSD) method, and that of 1.0 μm was measured using the solid state detector (SSD) auto pole figure apparatus. These ceramic films were also measured using the grow discharge spectroscopy (GDS).
The orientation of very thin TiN film parallel to the normal direction (ND) exhibited separate (111) and (100) colonies of about 20-30 μm areas with low angles, whereas that to the rolling direction (RD) also exhibited separate <111> and <110> colonies.
In contrast, the orientation of very thin TiCN and TiC films parallel to the ND and the RD was randam as evidenced by the black color areas which detected no orientation and high angles due to the existence of large strain etc. Black color area of TiC was larger than that of TiCN.
1.0 μm thick TiN film exhibited a high {111} pole intensity and a good misfit, whereas TiCN and TiC films exhibited weaker {111} pole intensities and poor misfits in the order of TiCN, TiC.
It should be noted that the smaller misfits of ceramic films and single crystals of silicon steel makes colonies coherent to the ND or the RD orientation at the incipient stage during plasma coating.

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