Russia has developed a titanium-based nanocomposite coating to protect the aircraft

Russian ural federal university and the Russian academy of sciences ural branch of electric physics institute of researchers jointly developed a titanium based four component nano composite coating TiSiCN (titanium, silicon, carbon, nitrogen) new process, can be used as wear protective coating to protect aircraft and gas turbine engine components, widely used in metal processing and biomedical fields.The composite coating does not require high temperatures and does not require additional devices and materials.The results are published in the journal Membranes. Russian researchers use the plasma chemical decomposition method, with a hollow cathode and active anode gas discharge device to create a multi-component active medium, without the need to install the ionization and filtration system alone.Scientific researchers using SiC (silicon, carbon) and SiN (silicon, nitrogen) bond precursor-volatile liquid, through the plasma electron beam evaporation titanium, the titanium added to the precursor gas medium, on the surface of TiN (titanium, nitrogen), TiC (titanium, carbon), or TiCN (titanium, carbon, nitrogen) crystal of the nanocrystalline phase coating.This process has a higher deposition rate and high ion flux density than magnetron sputtering, with low cost and no pollution.