CPC B23B 27/148 (2013.01) [C23C 16/34 (2013.01); C23C 16/403 (2013.01); B23B 2228/105 (2013.01)] | 6 Claims |
1. A cutting tool, comprising:
a base; and
a coating disposed on the base, wherein
the coating includes a first layer, wherein
the first layer is composed of α-Al2O3,
a thickness of the first layer is 2 μm or more and 15 μm or less,
on a cross section along a normal line of an interface between the base and the coating, a ratio N2/N1 is 0.60 or more, wherein the ratio N2/N1 is a ratio of: a number N2 of second grain boundaries that are grain boundaries with an absolute value of an angle relative to a straight line perpendicular to an imaginary line L1 of 15° or less at a position where a first grain boundary and imaginary line L1 intersect in the first grain boundaries; relative to a number N1 of the first grain boundaries through which imaginary line L1 crosses, wherein imaginary line L1 has the same distances from a surface of the first layer or an interface, on a surface side of the coating, of the first layer and from an interface, on a side of the base, of the first layer, and
on the cross section along the normal line of the interface between the base and the coating, a ratio N4/N3 and the ratio N2/N1 satisfy a relationship of a following Formula 1, wherein the ratio N4/N3 is a ratio of: a number N4 of fourth grain boundaries that are grain boundaries with an absolute value of an angle relative to a straight line perpendicular to an imaginary line L2 of 15° or less at a position where a third grain boundary and imaginary line L2 intersect in the third grain boundaries; relative to a number N3 of the third grain boundaries through which imaginary line L2 crosses, wherein imaginary line L2 has a distance of 0.5 μm from the surface of the first layer or the interface, on the surface side of the coating, of the first layer toward a side of the base,
0.1≤(N2/N1)−(N4/N3)≤0.40 Formula 1.
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