Tribological and corrosive properties of silver thin films prepared by e-beam ion plating method

The silver thin films were prepared using e-beam ion plating method. The silver films were deposited on stainless substrate according to the various deposition conditions such as argon gas pressures and bias voltages. After preparing silver films, the structure of deposited film was analyzed by X-ray diffraction technique and the film morphology was observed by scanning electron microscopy. The tribological properties of silver films prepared as functions of deposition conditions were investigated by a ball-on-disc tribo-tester at vacuum ambient and corrosive characteristics were measured with potentiostat in 0.5 M Na2S solution, respectively.