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The effect of sputtering the surface of a high-speed steel substrate with a neutral molecule source, after alkaline cleaning and boiling water dip-drying, on the adhesion of Arc-PVD TiN coatings was studied. For comparison, the effects of several drying techniques on the adhesion of TiN coatings were also investigated. These samples were all similarly cleaned in alkali but were dried with different...