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- Title
Investigation of the Effect of Hydrogen Gas as Raw Material for DLC Film Preparation.
- Authors
Koki Okada; Akio Nishimoto
- Abstract
For reducing the frictional losses on the sliding surfaces of mounting parts and improving the wear resistance in order to extend the life of the component, diamond-like carbon (DLC) film coating has been considered, in recent years. However, reduction of the long processing time involved is desirable for mass production. For achieving this, the effect of mixing hydrocarbon gas and hydrogen gas in the deposition process is compared, and the differences in the resulting DLC films are determined in this study. DLC films are deposited on Si wafers through radio frequency plasma chemical vapor deposition (RF-PECVD), with a mixture of methane gas and hydrogen (dilution gas) as the raw material. In addition, DLC films are prepared by mixing acetylene gas with hydrogen gas for comparison, and the effect of the hydrogen gas mixture on the deposition rate, composition, and hardness of the films is confirmed. When hydrogen gas is mixed with methane gas, the deposition rate increases with the increase in the ratio of hydrogen gas in the raw material, and the percentage of sp³ bonds increases; however, the hardness and elastic modulus decrease. Furthermore, the adhesiveness deteriorates with the increase in the hydrogen gas ratio.
- Subjects
DIAMOND-like carbon; RAW materials; FOSSIL fuels; HYDROGEN; DEPOSITIONS
- Publication
Materials Transactions, 2022, Vol 63, Issue 3, p351
- ISSN
1345-9678
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2320/matertrans.MT-M2021213