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›› 2005, Vol. 22 ›› Issue (2): 230-238.DOI: 10.7523/j.issn.2095-6134.2005.2.017

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Nitriding Iron and 38CrMoAl Steel with a Nanostructured Surface Layer

TONG Wei-Ping1,2, TAO Nai-Rong1, WANG Zhen-Bo1, Lv Jian3, LU KE1   

  1. 1. Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China;
    2. The Key Laboratory of National Education Ministry for Electromagnetic Pr ocessing of Materials, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110004, China;
    3. LASMIS, University of Technology of Troyes, Troyes, France
  • Received:2004-08-04 Online:2005-03-15

Abstract:

The microstructure of the surface layer on a pure iron and a 38CrMoAl steel samples was refined into the nanometer scale by means of the surface mechanical attrition treatment ( SMAT) that generates repetitive severe plastic deformation in the surface layer. The subsequent nitriding kinet ics of the SMAT samples with a nanostructured surface layer is greatly enhanced so that the nitriding temperatures can be reduced to 300 e for iron and about 400 e for 38CrMoAl steel, respectively, which are much lower than the convent ional nitriding temperatures ( above 500 e ). The novel nitriding process not only facilitates reduction of torsion of the treated samples, but also provides a new approach for select ive surface reactions of solids.

Key words: nanocrystalline materials, 38CrMoAl steel, iron, nitriding, surface mechanical attrition treatment

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