Abstract
Nitrogen-containing phases of chromium, molybdenum and tungsten were formed by evaporation of the metal under simultaneous nitrogen ion irradiation. With gradually increasing ion irradiation intensity, chromium forms initially Cr and Cr 2N phase mixtures, then additionally CrN appears, and at the highest intensities pure CrN films are formed. Molybdenum also forms pure nitride MoN under intense ion bombardment. However, in this case two different crystal structures are found, the stable hexagonal phase and the metastable cubic high-temperature phase. The latter is favoured under intense ion irradiation. In the case of tungsten, even at the highest intensities, only phase mixtures of W and W 2N were formed. These observed differences can be explained by the low reactivity of these metals towards nitrogen and the low chemical stability of the nitrides, particularly of WN. The metastable high-temperature structure of MoN is formed under the particular conditions of ion bombardment with rapid energy dissipation.
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