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It is shown that it is possible to significantly strengthen steel by alloying a surface layer melted by the energy from a beam of relativistic electrons. A study was made of the effect of different treatment parameters (accelerating voltage, beam current, specimen velocity and temperature, etc.) on the structure, depth, hardness, and wear resistance of the alloyed layer. Several types of alloying mixtures were developed based on carbides of tungsten, chromium, and boron, and including special additions and modifiers. The proportions of the components was optimized. The technology of alloying in a beam of relativistic electrons is compared with vacuum electron-beam alloying. Heat treatment is used to additionally improve the structure of the layers.
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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Fizika, No. 3, pp. 115–125, March, 1996.
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Poletika, I.M., Borisov, M.D., Kraev, G.V. et al. Principles of the alloying of steel in a beam of relativistic electrons. Russ Phys J 39, 275–283 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02067648
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