Effects of various gas mixtures on plasma nitriding behavior of AISI 5140 steel

Materials Characterization

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 241-246

  Karakan, Mehmet ^a   Alsaran, Akgün ^a   Çelik, Ayhan ^a  

^a ATATÜRK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Gas mixture; Ion nitriding

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN; MICROHARDNESS; MIXTURES; PLASMAS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GAS MIXTURES;

STEEL;

EID: 0036823036     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1044-5803(03)00010-X     Document Type: Article

References (12)

1. Inal O.T., Robino C.V. Structural characterization of some ion-nitrided steels. Thin Solid Film. 95:1982;195-207.
2. Karamis B. An investigation of the properties and wear behavior of plasma nitrided hot-working steel (H13). Wear. 150:1991;331-342.
3. Alsaran A., Celik A. The structural characterization of ion nitrided AISI 5140 low alloy steel. Mater. Charact. 47(3-4):2001;207-213.
4. Edenhofer B. Physical and metallurgical aspect of ionitriding. Heat Treat. Met. 2:1974;59-67.
5. Sun Y., Bell T. Plasma surface engineering of low alloy steel. Mater. Sci. Eng., A. 140:1991;419-434.
6. Alsaran A., Karakan M., Çelik A. The investigation of mechanical properties of ion-nitrided AISI 5140 low alloy steel. Mater. Charact. 48(4):2002;323-327.
7. Alsaran A., Çelik A., Çelik C. Determination of optimum conditions for ion nitriding of AISI 5140 steel. Surf. Coat. Technol. 160(2-3):2002;219-226.
8. Hudis M. Study of ion-nitriding. J. Appl. Phys. 44(A):1973;1489-1496.
9. Inal O.T., Özbaysal K., Metin E.S., Pehlivantürk N.Y. A review of plasma surface modification, process, parameters, and microstructural characterization. Ion nitriding and ion carburizing. Proceedings of ASM's 2nd International Conference on Ion Nitriding-Carburizing:1989;57-65 ASM International, Materials Park (OH).
10. Muraleedharan T.M., Meletis E.I. Surface modification of pure titanium and Ti-6Al-4V by intensified plasma ion nitriding. Thin Solid Films. 221:1992;104-113.
11. Fancey K.S., Leyland A., Egerton D., Torres D., Matthews A. The influence of process gas characteristics on the properties of plasma nitrided steel. Surf. Coat. Technol. 76-77:1995;694-699.
12. Fancey K.S. An investigation into dissociative mechanisms in nitrogenous glow discharges by optical emission spectroscopy. Vacuum. 46:1995;695-700.