Effect of component's geometry on the plasma nitriding behavior of AISI 4340 steel

Materials and Design

Volumn 34, Issue , 2012, Pages 516-521

  Asadi, Z Soltani ^a   Mahboubi, F ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE SCREEN PLASMA; AISI 4340 STEEL; CASE DEPTH; CATHODE EFFECT; COMPOUND LAYER; HARDNESS PROFILES; HEXAGONAL PARTICLES; NITRIDED; NITRIDED CASE; NITROGEN ATOM; PLASMA NITRIDED; PLASMA NITRIDING; SAMPLE GEOMETRY; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

HARDNESS; NITRIDES; NITROGEN PLASMA; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; ULTRAHIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT POLYETHYLENES;

PLASMA APPLICATIONS;

EID: 82455188073     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.04.066     Document Type: Article

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