Structural surface characterization of ion nitrided AISI 4340 steel

Materials and Design

Volumn 36, Issue , 2012, Pages 741-747

  Sirin, Sule Yildiz ^a   Kaluc, Erdinc ^a  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

C. Surface treatments; G. X ray analysis; H. Selection for material properties

Indexed keywords

AISI 4340 STEEL; CASE DEPTH; COMPOUND LAYER; H. SELECTION FOR MATERIAL PROPERTIES; HARDNESS PROFILES; ION NITRIDING; ION NITRIDING PARAMETERS; MICROHARDNESS TESTER; NITRIDED; NITRIDING PARAMETERS; PHASE CONTENT; SERVICE CONDITIONS; STRUCTURAL SURFACES; SURFACE HARDNESS; SURFACE PROFILOMETERS; TREATMENT TIME;

HARDNESS; NITRIDING; OPTICAL MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

IONS;

EID: 84855753451     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2011.12.025     Document Type: Article

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