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Increasing Wear Resistance of Low-Carbon Steel by Anodic Plasma-Electrolytic Nitroboriding

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The article describes the research for improvement of properties of low-carbon steel 20 by anodic nitroboriding in the electrolyte containing boric acid in the quantity necessary for ensuring sufficient boron potential in the saturating medium—vapor-gaseous envelope. Current–voltage and temperature–voltage characteristics of plasma-electrolytic treatment in the suggested electrolyte; the influence of oxidation and anodic dissolution processes on weight balance, structure and phase composition of the modified layer, its microhardness, roughness and wear resistance were considered. There was a significant (up to 1180 HV) increase in microhardness and a fivefold decrease in wear and corrosion. The data of tests showed that the operational resource increases more than 45 times for threaded fastening pair subjected to nitroboriding.

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This work was supported by the Russian Federation Ministry of Education and Science (unique identifier of the Agreement RFMEFI57718X0288). Analysis of the elemental composition of modified layers was carried out by Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) and their phase composition by Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education.

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    V. S. Belkin & B. L. Krit

  2. Kostroma State University, Kostroma, Russia, 156005

    V. S. Belkin, P. N. Belkin & S. A. Silkin

  3. Russian Medical Academy of Continuous Professional Education, Moscow, Russia, 123995

    N. V. Morozova

  4. Moscow State University of Technology «STANKIN», Moscow, Russia, 127994

    B. L. Krit & N. V. Morozova

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Belkin, V.S., Belkin, P.N., Krit, B.L. et al. Increasing Wear Resistance of Low-Carbon Steel by Anodic Plasma-Electrolytic Nitroboriding. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 29, 564–572 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-019-04521-1

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