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Experimental fatigue life determination of thermo-diffusion surface boronized of AISI 1040 steel

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In this study, the effect of boronizing on the fatigue life of AISI 1040 steel was investigated. The boronizing process was carried out in the fluid bed furnace at temperatures 850 °C and 950 °C for 2, 4 and 6 hours. Boron layer thickness, micro structure, micro hardness and fatigue strength of the treated samples were investigated. The boronized layer on the surfaces became thicker by the increment of the process time and in addition micro hardness increased with the increment in process temperature and time. As a result of the fatigue tests conducted for comparison; shorter fatigue strength values were determined in boronized samples compared to cold drown AISI 1040 sample experiments. Samples which boronized at 950 °C for 6 hours had the lowest fatigue live under all experimental conditions and the highest fatigue cycle numbers were determined in non-boronized samples in fatigue tests.

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Abbreviations

HV :

Vickers hardness

FeB :

Ferro boron

Fe 2 B :

Ferro di boron

°C:

Celcius temperature scale

Tb :

Boronizing temperature

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Haci Bekir Özerkan received his Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Gazi University. Since 2001, he has been working in Gazi University and his current position is the Lecturer at Gazi University Technical Vocational High School. His research interests include non-traditional machining and conventional machining methods.

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Özerkan, H.B. Experimental fatigue life determination of thermo-diffusion surface boronized of AISI 1040 steel. J Mech Sci Technol 33, 4957–4962 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12206-019-0935-4

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