Medthin™ 30 CrN
CrN coating for surgical & dental instruments
Medthin™ 30 CrN, has silver-grey color, shows high fracture toughness, wear resistance and adhesion, making it an ideal coating for high impact and load carrying applications. The high resistance to alkaline and acidic cleaning and sterilization cycles, in combination with its other properties makes it a superior alternative to chrome plating on surgical and dental instruments. Due to its low Youngs modulus , the CrN is one of the most ductile PVD coating which can be deposited very thin (less than 1µm) as well as with coating thicknesses that can reach 10µm.
Technical Data |
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Material Description |
Chromium Nitride |
Applicable on the following materials¹ |
all Stainless Steels, Titanium and Aluminium Alloys |
Technologies of deposition |
PVD |
Colour |
Silver-grey |
Thickness [µm] |
0.5 to 10 |
Structure |
Cubic, Polycrystalline |
Oxidation Resistance |
High |
Cleaning and Sterilization Resistance |
High, all methods allowed |
Antireflection |
Low |
Electrical Conductivity |
Conductive |
Antibacterial properties |
Not measured |
Nanohardness [GPa] |
20 to 30 |
Young Modulus [GPa] |
200 to 300 |
Friction coefficient² |
0.5 |
Adhesion Scratch Test, LC3 [N] |
>30N |
Adhesion Rockwell or Mercedes test³ |
Class 1,2, HF1-3 |
Roughness (as coated) [nm] |
~100 |
Corrosion resistance – Neutral Salt Spray |
Max 2 hours |
Biocompatibility data for instruments |
Passed ISO 10993-5, ISO 10993-10, ISO 10993-11 |
MSDS |
Delivered per request |
MAF at FDA in the USA |
- |
Most popular applications |
Gives color stability to substrates submitted to hundreds of cleaning & sterilization; increases mechanical and wear resistance |