Pardon me if this has been asked before. I'm familiar with what both PVD and DLC coatings/finishes are BUT what the heck is the 'n' when applied by Glock?
Sorry. I may not know what the "n" stands for, but I do know that DLC means "Diamond Like Carbon," not "Diamond Like Coating."n = near near Diamond Like Coating.
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Good to know, thanks.Is it just Glocks version of DLC. Or trademark. Kind of like melonite vs tennifer. All I know is it’s a super tough surface. Even when the black wears away it’s impregnated into the surface of the metal. Well I’m no scientist but that’s what I have read. For some reason my post on the triggers I had coated disappeared on GT. I put 400 rounds through the 19Gen5 and no discernible wear. I’ll put another 400 in today. Probably see how it looks after around 1200 rounds. Mix of +P Hornady and WWB 115 grain. Seems to be holding up well. Sorry don’t have a trigger gauge to measure weight. Doesn’t seem lighter than a factory is trigger but smoother. Maybe it’s all in my head? It has seemed seemed to have broken in a bit. If you look on the barrels of a well used Gen5 barrel it shows wear but I think the coating/surface treatment is still there.
After 800 rounds! 400 more to go and not one sign of de lamination or chipping.
Thanks for that but provided nothing on subject in question.https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ORWxQ7dLobLxEdOOXT0sf8m1DybTHc15
Good educational reading on DLC. PDF.
They're supposedly doing it in-house. ^ Thanks, have known of some of the application methods, just never heard of 'n'. You make sense.It could just be a marketing term, either from Glock or from the company applying the coating.
If it refers to a physical characteristic of the coating, I'd guess that it refers to one of three things: orbital arrangement, nitrogen doping, or deposition method.
Regarding orbital arrangement, I've seen "g-DLC" used as a reference for hydrogen-free DLC with specific sp bonding.
I've seen tungsten doped DLC written as DLC:W, W-DLC, W DLC, and even wDLC, so perhaps nDLC is nitrgen doped DLC. If this is the case, I’d imagine it’s a combination of chromium, carbon, and nitrogen, and they’re highlighting the nitrogen part (CrCN).
Lastly, perhaps the small n refers to the deposition method. DLC is often applied by physicals vapor (PVD), but maybe they're using some other method and they're highlighting the size (nano). Though, if the “n” does stand for nano, it would really just be a marketing term, as all DLC coatings are deposited at the atomic level whose resulting thickness are measuring in microns.
Marketing, since the metal underneath was already Nitrided --
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Can you confirm this? Source or reference?
I’m not a scientist (whatever that means). I do have an engineering degree (electrical engineering). But I can say for a certainty, that all DLC treatments are not created equal.Are all DLCs created equal?
Makes sense alsoMarketing, since the metal underneath was already Nitrided -- just to appease all the future complainers about the "frying pan" finish, and how one Glock "finish" seemed better than the other.
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You are are speculating as well as I am assuming.It had nothing to do with marketing and everything to do with the FBI contract bid. When the Govt asks for something in a submission you give them what they want. The Gen5 is basically the M. What your saying cciman is pure speculation. It’s not based on and proof or facts.