Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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1667996 | Thin Solid Films | 2011 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
The literature reveals that interstitial alloys based on rhenium as a precursor might be extremely hard, becoming suitable to be used as hard coatings. In this work, we have produced rhenium carbide (ReCx) films by the reactive pulsed laser deposition method. Nanoindentation has been performed to estimate hardness. The maximum hardness value for ReCx films resulted to be 22.5 GPa. We found no evidence that ReCx films have hardness, or plasticity, higher than competitive hard coating materials. Our results and the fact that rhenium is expensive and scarce, suggest that preceding reports are overoptimistic on the prospective use of rhenium carbide as hard coatings.
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Authors
G. Soto, H. Tiznado, J.A. Díaz, E.C. Samano, A. Reyes-Serrato,