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Plasma Nitriding Behavior of Fe-C-M (M = Al, Cr, Mn, Si) Ternary Martensitic Steels

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Change in surface hardness and nitrides precipitated in Fe-0.6C binary and Fe-0.6 mass pct C-1 mass pct M (M = Al, Cr, Mn, Si) ternary martensitic alloys during plasma nitriding were investigated. Surface hardness was hardly increased in the Fe-0.6C binary alloy and slightly increased in Fe-0.6C-1Mn and Fe-0.6C-1Si alloys. On the other hand, it was largely increased in Fe-0.6C-1Al and Fe-0.6C-1Cr alloys. In all the Fe-0.6C-1M alloys except for the Si-added alloy, fine platelet alloy nitrides precipitated inside martensite laths. In the Fe-0.6C-1Si alloy, Si-enriched film was observed mainly at a grain boundary and an interface between cementite and matrix. Crystal structure of nitrides observed in the martensitic alloys was similar to those in Fe-M binary ferritic alloys reported previously. However, there was a difference in hardening behavior between ferrite and martensite due to a high density of dislocations acting as a nucleation site of the nitrides and partitioning of an alloying element between martensite and cementite changing the driving force of precipitation of the nitrides.

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The financial supports from Global COE program of Materials Integration International Center of Education Research in Tohoku University (Y.T.) and the Iron and Steel Institute of Japan (T.F.) are gratefully acknowledged throughout this research. T.F. also thanks sincerely to partial support by Japan Science and Technology Agency through the Core Research for Evolutional Science & Technology (CREST) program.

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  1. Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan

    Yusaku Tomio (Graduate Student, Researcher) & Shigeki Kitsuya (Researcher)

  2. Amagasaki Research and Development Center, Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation, Amagasaki, 660-0891, Japan

    Yusaku Tomio (Graduate Student, Researcher)

  3. Steel Research Laboratory, JFE Steel Corporation, Kurashiki, 712-8511, Japan

    Shigeki Kitsuya (Researcher)

  4. National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, 305-0047, Japan

    Keilchiro Oh-ishi (Post Doctoral Research Associate)

  5. Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, 940-2188, Japan

    Keilchiro Oh-ishi (Post Doctoral Research Associate)

  6. Magnetic Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, 305-0047, Japan

    Kazuhiro Hono (NIMS Fellow, Director)

  7. Institute for Materials Research, Tohoku University, Sendai, 980-8577, Japan

    Goro Miyamoto (Associate Professor) & Tadashi Furuhara (Professor, Deputy Director)

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Tomio, Y., Kitsuya, S., Oh-ishi, K. et al. Plasma Nitriding Behavior of Fe-C-M (M = Al, Cr, Mn, Si) Ternary Martensitic Steels. Metall Mater Trans A 45, 239–249 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-013-1991-5

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