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Control of iron nitride formation by a high magnetic field

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The influence of high magnetic field on nitriding behavior was investigated in a mixture of NH3 and H2. It was found that high magnetic field could shift the equilibrium of nitriding reaction; this proved that the critical nitrogen potential to form γ′-Fe4N and ε-Fe3N phase was evidently enhanced compared with conventional nitriding. This research provides a new approach for a selective nitriding process.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Electromagnetic Processing of Materials, Ministry of Education, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110004, China

    W. P. Tong, H. Zhang, J. Sun, L. Zuo & J. C. He

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China

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Tong, W.P., Zhang, H., Sun, J. et al. Control of iron nitride formation by a high magnetic field. Journal of Materials Research 25, 2082–2085 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.2010.0279

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