Structure and properties of layered coatings of alloyed titanium nitride with a dropping metal fraction

Using electron microscopy, indentation, scratch and tribology techniques, the structural-phase state and mechanic and tribological properties of layered coatings of alloyed titanium nitride were studied depending on the composition of the layers and at different fractions of bronze droplets in the surface layer. The morphological features of growth at various scale levels, the critical concentrations of elements corresponding to structural and phase transformations, and the structural features of coating growth in the droplet region have been established.