what is the reasonable base pressure in decorative PVD deposition, especially in cathodic arc technique, especially in TiN decorative cathodic arc deposition?
For cutting tool coating using pulsed DC closed field unbalanced magnetron reactive sputtering technique, a base pressure of 0.2 mPa or 1.5 micro-Torr is used.
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