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Improvement of the wear resistance of titanium alloys by thermochemical treatment in nitrogen-containing media

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We generalize the results of thermochemical treatment of titanium alloys in nitrogen-containing media and show that the temperature of isothermal holding, the heating rate, and the partial pressure of the active gas intensify the saturation process.

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Karpenko Physicomechanical Institute, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, L'viv. Translated from Fiziko-Khimicheskaya Mekhanika Materialov, Vol. 30, No. 1, pp. 69–74, January–February, 1994.

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Fedirko, V.M., Pohrelyuk, I.M. Improvement of the wear resistance of titanium alloys by thermochemical treatment in nitrogen-containing media. Mater Sci 30, 66–71 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00559019

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