In this work, plasma nitriding (PN) and cathode cage deposition (CCPN) treatments were carried out with temperatures of 400 450 °C to evaluate the modifications caused on surface pure niobium samples. XRD, SEM, Vickers microhardness, sphere-disk analyses used characterize coatings’ composition, morphology, hardness, wear resistance. The results showed that treated samples increased hardness res...