Low temperature thermochemical surface treatment of austenitic stainless steel for improved mechanical and tribological

• Main Authors: Triwiyanto , Askar, Mridha , Shahjahan, Haruman, Esa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Trans Tech Publications, Switzerland 2010
• Subjects: TJ1040 Machinery exclusive of prime movers; TN600 Metallurgy
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/5060/1/AMR.83-86.489.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/5060/; http://www.scientific.net/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

This paper describes the results of four thermochemical surface treatments of austenitic stainless steels carried out at 450oC in a fluidised bed furnace and they are nitriding, carburizing and the newly developed hybrid process involving the simultaneous and sequential incorporation of nitrogen and...