Hardness, Microstructure and Surface Characterization of Laser Gas Nitrided Commercially Pure Titanium Using High Power CO2 Laser

Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 647-655

  Senthil Selvan, J ^a   Subramanian, K ^a   Nath, A K ^b   Gogia, A K ^c   Balamurugan, A K ^d   Rajagopal, S ^d  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b RAJA RAMANNA CENTRE FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c DEFENCE METALLURGICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^d INDIRA GANDHI CENTRE FOR ATOMIC RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Dendritic microstructure; Laser gas alloying; Laser nitriding; Laser surface modification; Titanium nitride

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE LASERS; CRACKS; GAS ALLOYING; HARDNESS; MELTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; NITRIDING; NITROGEN; SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETRY; SURFACE TREATMENT; TITANIUM NITRIDE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

LASER GAS ALLOYING;

TITANIUM;

EID: 0032188664     PISSN: 10599495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1361/105994998770347512     Document Type: Article

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