Effect of Double Stage Nitriding on 34CrAlNi7-10 Nitriding Steel

Some Consideration on Double Layer Structure in Plasma Assisted Nitriding of Austenitic Stainless Steel

Low temperature plasma assisted nit riding treatments of 316 stainless steel produce a complex layer constituted by tow different metastable f.c.c. solid solution denoted ( γ N1 and γ N2 ). About the formation of these double layers, different hypothesis was proposed in the literature. For verifying these hypotheses, the effects of differentes conditions such as nit riding temperature, cleaning...

Nanosized precipitates in H13 tool steel low temperature plasma nitriding

A comprehensive study of pulsed nitriding in AISI H13 tool steel at low temperature (400°C) is reported for several durations. X-ray diffraction results reveal that a nitrogen enriched compound (-Fe2-3N, iron nitride) builds up on the surface within the first process hour despite the low process temperature. Beneath the surface, X-ray Wavelength Dispersive Spectroscopy (WDS) in a Scanning Elec...

Discharges in N2 flowing gas for steel surface nitriding

2014 Modelling of plasma reactors for steel surface nitriding has been achieved in discharge and postdischarge conditions of N2 flowing gas. Diagnostics and calculations have been focused on the N2(X, V) vibrational molecules and N atoms which are the most populated long living species. It has been demonstrated that these neutral active species produce steel surface nitriding with the same char...

Effect of Plasma Flux Composition on the Nitriding Rate of Stainless Steel

Effect of nitriding temperature on the nanostructure and corrosion properties of Nickel coated 304 stainless steel

Nickel films of 150 nm thickness were deposited on 304 stainless steel and post annealed under flow of nitrogen at different temperatures. The prepared samples were corrosion tested in 1.0 M H2SO4 solution using potentiodynamic polarization technique. Crystallographic and morphological structure of the samples were analysed by X-ray diffraction XRD and atomic force microscopy AFM respectively b...