Conclusion
The intercrystalline brittleness of bcc Fe-base alloys may be eliminated or decreased by additional alloying with surface-active elements, tin or germanium, adsorbed on the interphase and intergranular boundaries, which prevents the formation of brittle nitride phases.
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Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 12, pp. 7–10, December, 1988.
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Fedchun, V.A., Silina, N.V. Structure and properties of nitrided body-centered cubic Fe-base alloys alloyed with Al, Si, Ge, or Sn. Met Sci Heat Treat 30, 890–895 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00775306
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