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We show that surface saturation with carbon from a special technological environment increases the microhardness of the hardened layer on low-carbon steels up to 8–12 GPa. We established an increase in the wear resistance of the white layer by a factor of 1.3–1.5.
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Karpenko Physicomechanical Institute, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, L'viv. Translated from Fizyko-Khimichna Mekhanika Materialiv, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 88–91, November–December, 1999.
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Kyryliv, V.I. Surface saturation of steels with carbon during mechanical-pulse treatment. Mater Sci 35, 853–858 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02359467
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