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The Role of Carbides in Formation of Surface Layer on Steel X153CrMoV12 Due to Low-Pressure Nitriding (Vacuum Nitriding)

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The mechanism of formation of surface layer on steel X153CrMoV12 in the process of vacuum nitriding (low-pressure nitriding) in a universal vacuum furnace in an atmosphere of dissociated ammonia at a pressure of 30 × 102 Pa (30 mbar) is studied by the methods of light microscopy and measurement of microhardness. The chemical composition of the nitrided layers is determined.

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  1. Institute for Materials Engineering, Lodz University of Technology, Lodz, Poland

    B. Januszewicz, E. Wołowiec & P. Kula

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Correspondence to E. Wołowiec.

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Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 1, pp. 31 – 34, January, 2015.

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Januszewicz, B., Wołowiec, E. & Kula, P. The Role of Carbides in Formation of Surface Layer on Steel X153CrMoV12 Due to Low-Pressure Nitriding (Vacuum Nitriding). Met Sci Heat Treat 57, 32–35 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11041-015-9830-5

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