%0 journal article
%@ 0884-2914
%A Landälv, L.,Rogström, L.,Lu, J.,Ostach, D.,Eriksson, F.,Junaid, M.,Ghafoor, N.,Ekström, E.,Hsiao, C.,Leiste, H.,Ahlgren, M.,Göthelid, E.,Alling, B.,Hultmann, L.,Stüber, M.,Schell, N.,Birch, J.,Eklund, P.

%D 2019
%J Journal of Materials Research
%N 22
%P 3735-3746 
%R doi:10.1557/jmr.2019.340
%T Phase evolution of radio frequency magnetron sputtered Cr-rich (Cr,Zr)2O3 coatings studied by in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction during annealing in air or vacuum
%U https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2019.340
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%X The phase evolution of reactive radio frequency (RF) magnetron sputtered Cr0.28Zr0.10O0.61 coatings has been studied by in situ synchrotron X-ray diffraction during annealing under air atmosphere and vacuum. The annealing in vacuum shows t-ZrO2 formation starting at ∼750–800 °C, followed by decomposition of the α-Cr2O3 structure in conjunction with bcc-Cr formation, starting at ∼950 °C. The resulting coating after annealing to 1140 °C is a mixture of t-ZrO2, m-ZrO2, and bcc-Cr. The air-annealed sample shows t-ZrO2 formation starting at ∼750 °C. The resulting coating after annealing to 975 °C is a mixture of t-ZrO2 and α-Cr2O3 (with dissolved Zr). The microstructure coarsened slightly during annealing, but the mechanical properties are maintained, with no detectable bcc-Cr formation. A larger t-ZrO2 fraction compared with α-Cr2O3 is observed in the vacuum-annealed coating compared with the air-annealed coating at 975 °C. The results indicate that the studied pseudo-binary oxide is more stable in air atmosphere than in vacuum.