Phase composition of Cr-C thin films deposited by a double magnetron sputtering system

Comparative investigation of TiAlC(N), TiCrAlC(N), and CrAlC(N) coatings deposited by sputtering of МАХ-phase Ti2−Cr AlC targets

“…7. In the Cr 2p spectrum, the peak centered at 573.9 eV can be attributed to metallic Cr and the shoulder at higher binding energy can be related to Cr-C and/or Cr-N bonds [41,43]. The C 1s XPS spectrum shows an asymmetrical peak which can be deconvoluted into two components located at 282.2 and 284.6 eV and attributed to Cr-C and C-C bonds, respectively [41].…”

Effect of nano-grain carbide formation on electrochemical behavior of 316L stainless steel

“…XPS results in Fig. 3 show observation of carbides, oxides, hydroxides, carbon-oxide compound, graphite, and free carbon in the steels with binding energies corresponding to the compounds reported in previous research 1 , 12 , 20 – 33 . The peaks represent to Fe (~ 706.9 eV (Fe 2p)) 12 , 20 , 24 – 27 and Cr (~ 573.8 eV (Cr 2p)) 12 , 20 , 22 , 23 , 25 – 27 metals were only observed in untreated steel, while Fe 2 O 3 peak (~ 711.2 eV (Fe 2p)) 20 , 28 was not observed.…”

Microstructure, mechanical and tribological properties of Cr–C–N coatings deposited by pulsed closed field unbalanced magnetron sputtering

“…Two deconvoluted peaks located at 283.1 eV and 284.3 eV are presented in the C 1s spectrum of the CrC coating. The value of the former peak is in agreement with the tabulated values 283.1 eV for the Cr 7 C 3 phase [20,21], which is consistent with the GIXRD result. The latter peak is usually assigned as amorphous carbon [22].…”