Corrosion and Soldering Behaviour of STD61 Coated by Arc Ion Plating Coatings

In order to investigate corrosion and soldering behaviour of STD61, TiN and TiAlN were coated on the surface of STD61 by using Arc Ion Plating. The structure of the coatings was examined as a function of deposition conditions by X-ray diffraction, and the crystallographic orientation was determined by use of a texture coefficient. TiN coating was grown with a strong (111) preferred orientation of a typical NaCl-type crystal structure. This strong (111) preferred orientation had been commonly observed from the TiN coatings deposited by physical vapour deposition techniques. TiAlN coatings, however, showed relatively multiple orientations mainly of (111) and (200). Furthermore, TiAlN film demonstrated superior corrosion resistance in a molten aluminum alloy at 680 degrees C. This paper described in detail the corrosion and mass loss phenomena related to this steel-cast metal interaction.