Investigation of nitrogen mass transfer within an industrial plasma nitriding system II: Application of a biased screen

Surface and Coatings Technology

Volumn 204, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1151-1157

  Hubbard, P ^a   Dowey, S J ^b   Partridge, J G ^a   Doyle, E D ^a   McCulloch, D G ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Surface Technology Coatings   (Australia)

Author keywords

Active screen; Plasma nitriding; Surface characterisation

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SCREEN; ACTIVE SCREEN PLASMA NITRIDING; DIRECT CURRENT PLASMA NITRIDING; ENERGETIC SPECIES; FLOATING POTENTIALS; H13 STEEL; HARDNESS PROFILES; NITROGEN CONTENT; NITROGEN SPECIES; PLASMA NITRIDING; SAMPLE BIAS;

CASE HARDENING; HARDNESS; MASS TRANSFER; NITRIDING; NITROGEN; PLASMAS; SURFACE TREATMENT; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

EID: 70849134857     PISSN: 02578972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surfcoat.2009.08.030     Document Type: Article

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