Effects of DC plasma nitriding parameters on microstructure and properties of 304L stainless steel

Materials Characterization

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 197-203

  Wang, Jun ^a,b   Xiong, Ji ^a   Peng, Qian ^b   Fan, Hongyuan ^a   Wang, Ying ^b   Li, Guijiang ^a   Shen, Baoluo ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NUCLEAR POWER INSTITUTE OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

304L stainless steel; DC plasma nitriding; Microstructure; Temperature; Wear

Indexed keywords

AUSTENITE; AUSTENITIC STAINLESS STEEL; AUSTENITIC STEEL; CASE HARDENING; HARDNESS; HARDNESS TESTING; MICROSTRUCTURE; NITRIDES; NITRIDING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STEEL; STEEL METALLURGY; SURFACE TREATMENT; WEAR RESISTANCE; X RAY ANALYSIS;

304L STAINLESS STEEL; AUSTENITE PHASE; CASE-DEPTH; DC PLASMA NITRIDING; MICRO-HARDNESS; S-PHASE; STEEL SUBSTRATES; SURFACE HARDNESS (SHORE A); TEMPERATURE; WEAR; WEAR BEHAVIORS; WEAR TESTING; X RAY DIFFRACTION (XRD);

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 58649086096     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2008.08.011     Document Type: Article

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