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Title: Residual Stress Analysis of Boronized AISI 1018 Steel

Journal Article · · Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

AISI 1018 steel substrates were powder-pack, diffusion boronized at 850 C for 4 h, followed by air quenching. Optical microscopy in conjunction with color etching was used to obtain the average penetration depth of the iron monoboride layer (9 {mu}m) and the iron diboride layer (57 {mu}m). X-ray diffraction by synchrotron radiation, conducted at the National Synchrotron Light Source in Brookhaven National Laboratory, confirmed the presence of iron monoboride and iron diboride in the boronized plain steel substrates. The sin2 {psi} technique was employed to calculate the residual stress found in the iron monoboride layer (-237 MPa) and in the substrate layer (-150 MPa) that is intertwined with the needle-like, iron diboride penetration.

Research Organization:
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). National Synchrotron Light Source
Sponsoring Organization:
Doe - Office Of Science
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC02-98CH10886
OSTI ID:
960188
Report Number(s):
BNL-83174-2009-JA; JMEPEG; TRN: US1005921
Journal Information:
Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Vol. 17, Issue 5; ISSN 1059-9495
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English