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Study of Martensite Ageing with Plasma Ion Nitriding of Steel C300 Using Design of an Experiment

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Double treatment of maraging steel C300 (nitriding + ageing) is studied using experimental design with a full 32 factorial matrix. After this treatment maximum surface hardness is 1270 HV and for the core it is 553 HV.

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  1. Mugla Sitki Kocman University, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department Kotekli, 48000, Mugla, Turkey

    Yavuz Gezicioglu

  2. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Materials Engineering Department, Socorro, 87801, NM, USA

    Osman Tugay Inal

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Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 6, pp. 45 – 48, June, 2014.

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Gezicioglu, Y., Inal, O.T. Study of Martensite Ageing with Plasma Ion Nitriding of Steel C300 Using Design of an Experiment. Met Sci Heat Treat 56, 326–329 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11041-014-9755-4

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