Effect of N{sub 2} + H{sub 2} gas mixtures in plasma nitriding on tribological properties of duplex surface treated steels
- Afyon Kocatepe University, Technical Education Faculty, Department of Metal Education, Afyonkarahisar (Turkey)
Thermo-reactive diffusion chromizing followed by pulsed plasma nitriding were carried out on AISI 52100 and 8620 bearing steels. The chromized samples were pulse-plasma nitrided for 5 h at 500 deg. C in various N{sub 2}-H{sub 2} gas mixtures. The coated steels were characterized using scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction and microhardness testing. The unlubricated wear behaviors of only chromized and duplex treated steels were investigated in ball-on-disc system tests at room temperature. X-ray diffraction patterns of the duplex treated samples containing H{sub 2} indicated the formation of dominant CrN and Cr{sub 2}N nitrides as well as the formation of Cr{sub 3}C{sub 2} and Cr{sub 7}C{sub 3} carbides. Gas mixtures in the plasma nitriding, which was performed after chromizing, have a significant influence on the wear rate of the duplex treated steels. The wear and friction tests showed that the lowest friction coefficient and wear rates were observed for the samples duplex treated in a 50%N{sub 2} +50%H{sub 2} plasma. Conversely, the lowest wear resistance was observed on the samples duplex treated in a gas mixture of 75%N{sub 2} + 25%H{sub 2}, probably due to formation of a hard and brittle layer.
- OSTI ID:
- 21192579
- Journal Information:
- Materials Characterization, Vol. 59, Issue 12; Other Information: DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2008.04.010; PII: S1044-5803(08)00138-1; Copyright (c) 2008 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 1044-5803
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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