Scanning electron microscopy observations, energy dispersive spectroscopy, x-ray diffraction and x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analyses have been employed to study the composition and the microstructure of titanium carbonitride coatings deposited by a reactive ion-plating industrial system. Both TIN and TYC, N) coatings show a very fine and dense microstructure and consist of a NaCI-type single phase with a marked preferred orientation.

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