Research on the Corrosion Behavior of the Stainless-Steel Thin Films Coated by PVD Method, Magnetron Assisted

Abstract

The paper follows the corrosion behaviour of X10CrNi 18-8 stainless steel thin films coated by PVD method, magnetron assisted, on glass and copper substrates. It was found that with the increase of the coating time increases of the thickness of the coated layer which leads to the decrease of the corrosion rate. The surface condition can influence the corrosion behaviour through the existing defects and the size of the roughness. Coating uniformity, respectively corrosion, changes with the distance from the axis of symmetry of the magnetron.