TY - JOUR A1 - Mofidi, Seyed Haman Hedayat A1 - Aliofkhazraei, Mahmood A1 - Rouhaghdam, Alireza Sabour A1 - Ghobadi, Ehsan A1 - Mohsenian, Ehsan T1 - Improvement of surface characteristics by electroplating hard chromium coating post treated by nanocrystalline plasma electrolytic carbonitriding N2 - Nanocrystalline carbonitrides were performed by pulsed plasma electrolytic carbonitriding on hard chromium coating deposited on AISI 1035 substrate by electroplating. The electroplated samples were connected cathodically to a high-current pulsed power supply and biased to a negative voltage. The treatment times were 30, 60 and 60 min. A thick compound layer was formed on the surface of Cr coating with microhardness of about 1200 HV0.15. The nanostructure of the treated layers depends strongly on the applied voltage. The wear resistance of the treated layers depended on process parameters. Overall mechanical properties of treated samples show strong relation to morphology and distribution of complex carbonitride nanocrystallites. Y1 - 2009 UR - https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/31802 UR - http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/jhome/106571203 SN - 1612-8850 ER -