This process of bonding carbon and hydrogen confers valuable diamond like properties such as mechanical hardness low friction optical transparency and chemical inertness.
Diamond like coating process.
Calico diamond like carbon dlc is a dense metastable form of hydrogenated amorphous carbon a c h containing significant sp3 bonding.
All seven contain significant amounts of sp 3 hybridized carbon atoms.
During the dlc coating phase of the process a carbon carrying gas is introduced into the chamber.
In fact one of the major reasons for the setback of diamond coating technology was the inability to coat diamond on ferrous materials which are extensively used in various industrial applications.
Dense smooth a c h dlc diamond like carbon coating.
If no underlayer is required a dense uniform coating of dlc can be deposited directly to the substrate as well.
Diamond like carbon dlc is a class of amorphous carbon material that displays some of the typical properties of diamond dlc is usually applied as coatings to other materials that could benefit from some of those properties.
The reason that there are different types is that even diamond.
Dlc exists in seven different forms.
Within the universe of wear resistant thin films diamond like carbon dlc coatings have emerged as the ideal solution for demanding physical applications where components are under high loads or subject to extreme friction wear and contact with other parts.
An adhesive diamond coating on this category of substrate without an interlayer is almost ruled out by the scientific community.
In these types of environments only the high hardness of a dlc coating along with a corresponding low coefficient of friction.