The effect of specimen thickness on the hardness of plasma surface hardened ASSAB 760 steel specimens

Journal of Materials Processing Technology

Volumn 185, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 113-119

  Yang, L J ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

ASSAB 760; Cooling rate; Depth of hardened zone; Heat affected zone; Lath martensite; Plasma surface hardening; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

COOLING; HARDENING; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROCESS CONTROL; QUENCHING;

COOLING RATE; LATH MARTENSITE; PLASMA SURFACE HARDENING; TAGUCHI METHOD;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 33847142206     PISSN: 09240136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmatprotec.2006.03.117     Document Type: Article

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