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♦General Product Quality Standards

6.6 Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD)

AMS 2444A
Coating, Titanium Nitride Physical Vapor Deposition
(Aerospace Material Specification)

General Description Data Produced

This document provides requirements Varies with property or characteristic

for the application and properties of of interest.
titanium nitride coating on metallic
parts applied by physical vapor
deposition. Coatings covered are
divided into three classes:
Class 1 – 1.27 μm to 3.81 μm
(0.00005 in. to 0.00015 in.) thick;
Class 2 – 2.54 μm to 6.10 μm
(0.00010 in. to 0.00024 in.) thick; and,
Class 3 – 6.35 μm to 12.70 μm
(0.00025 in. to 0.00050 in.) thick.
Processing requirements, properties,
quality, quality assurance, preparation
for delivery and surface roughness
suggestions are included. Property
measurement methods are identified
by reference to ASTM Standards,
including: for thickness ASTM B 487,
B 499, B568, E 376, E 1182; for
hardness E 92 and E 384. A
qualitative adhesion test using a tape
pull-off method is described.

Intended Application Specimen Requirement Limits

Provides information Varies with property or Useful for identifying
useful in purchase characteristic of interest. those properties and
specification. characteristics important
to PVD materials and
methods of
measurement.

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