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Evaluation of Two Different Pulsed Plasma Nitriding Conditions on Steel Properties

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Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2018 (TMS 2018)

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The thermochemical treatment of Pulsed Plasma Nitriding is employed as an alternative to improve the surface properties of metals, such as: increase surface hardness, improve wear resistance, extend fatigue life and also create a barrier to the diffusion of hydrogen into the steel to reduce the susceptibility to hydrogen embrittlement . In this study, the effect of such treatment on ASTM A36 steel is analyzed through two different nitriding conditions: 5 h and 660 Pa for the first condition and 15 h and 720 Pa for the second one. In both cases, the temperature was held at 300 °C. Thus, in order to verify the results, Vickers hardness analysis and metallographic observation were carried out under an optical microscope. Only the second condition was able to achieve what was proposed, the formation of a uniform nitriding layer and an expressive increase of hardening on the surface.

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The authors thank the support of this investigation by the Brazilian agencies: CNPq, FAPERJ and CAPES.

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  1. Department of Materials Science, Military Institute of Engineering—IME Praça General Tibúrcio, 80, Praia Vermelha Urca, RJ, CEP, Urca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, 22290-270, Brazil

    Fabio Da Costa Garcia Filho, Gabriel Bartholazzi Lugão de Carvalho & Sergio Neves Monteiro

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  1. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA

    Bowen Li

  2. CanmetMATERIALS, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

    Jian Li

  3. Al-Isra University, Amman, Jordan

    Shadia Ikhmayies

  4. ArcelorMittal Global R&D, East Chicago, Indiana, USA

    Mingming Zhang

  5. Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

    Yunus Eren Kalay

  6. Mail Stop G770, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA

    John S. Carpenter

  7. Michigan Technological University, Houghton, Michigan, USA

    Jiann-Yang Hwang

  8. Military Institute of Engineering, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Sergio Neves Monteiro

  9. Politecnico di Torino, Turin, Italy

    Donato Firrao

  10. UNSW Canberra, Campbell, ACT, Australia

    Andrew Brown

  11. Chongqing University, Chongqing, China

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  12. Central South University, Changsha, China

    Zhiwei Peng

  13. UNSW Canberra, Campbell, Aust Capital Terr, Australia

    Juan P. Escobedo-Diaz

  14. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

    Ramasis Goswami

  15. Korea Railroad Research Institute, Uiwang, Korea (Republic of)

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Da Costa Garcia Filho, F., de Carvalho, G.B.L., Monteiro, S.N. (2018). Evaluation of Two Different Pulsed Plasma Nitriding Conditions on Steel Properties. In: Li, B., et al. Characterization of Minerals, Metals, and Materials 2018 . TMS 2018. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-72484-3_55

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