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Improving Boride Layer Adhesion to AISI D2 Steel by Post-heat Treatments

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Novel findings of boride layer adhesion resistance on AISI D2 steel after post-heat treatments were obtained using scratch tests. The boride layer on the steel was developed using powder-pack boriding assisted by a pulsed-DC field, with a constant temperature and exposure time and a current of 5A. In addition, the electrical resistivity behavior of the powder mixture was evaluated both before and during the boriding treatment. The results indicate that the post-heat treatments had a significant effect on the microstructure of the layer-substrate system. When a monophasic Fe2B layer was combined with a mixed martensite–bainite microstructure in the substrate, the scratch resistance was found to be almost twofold superior to the layer that was not exposed to the post-heat treatments.

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This work was supported by Instituto Politécnico Nacional research grant 20230167. The authors thank Tammy Williams Abram for her valuable assistance in the manuscript revision.

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    I. Campos-Silva, M. N. Granados-Vázquez, G. Luis-Pantoja, L. E. Castillo-Vela & A. Meneses-Amador

  2. Tecnológico de Estudios Superiores de Jocotitlán, Carretera Toluca-Atlacomulco km. 44.8, 50700, Jocotitlán, Edo. México, Mexico

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  3. Tecnológico Nacional de México Campus Tuxtepec, Av. Victor M. Bravo Ahuija, El Paraíso, 68350, Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, Mexico

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Campos-Silva, I., Granados-Vázquez, M.N., Contla-Pacheco, A.D. et al. Improving Boride Layer Adhesion to AISI D2 Steel by Post-heat Treatments. Trans Indian Inst Met 76, 2975–2984 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12666-023-03006-z

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