Microstructural Changes during Vacuum Carburizing of Steels-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Microstructural Changes during Vacuum Carburizing of Steels

Published:2011-08-01 Issue:8 Volume:48 Page:398-407
ISSN:2195-8599
Container-title:Practical Metallography
language:en
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Author:

Bruncko Mihael¹,Anzel Ivan²,Kneissl Albert C.³

Affiliation:

1. Mihael Bruncko, University of Maribor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Smetanova 17, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia, e-mail: and University of Leoben, Department of Physical Metallurgy and Materials Testing, Franz-Josef-Straße 18, A-8700 Leoben, Austria, e-mail:

2. Ivan Anzel, University of Maribor, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Smetanova 17, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia, e-mail:

3. Albert C. Kneissl, University of Leoben, Department of Physical Metallurgy and Materials Testing Franz-Josef-Straße 18, A-8700 Leoben, Austria, e-mail:

Abstract

Abstract Vacuum carburizing is a modern, very efficient and environmentally friendly process for case hardening of steels. Nowadays the technology has replaced atmosphere carburizing in many cases due to better repeatability and uniformity of heat treated samples. The process of vacuum carburizing is performed under oxygen free hydrocarbon gas atmosphere (usually pure acetylene) at partial pressure lower than 20mbar and in conditions which are far from thermodynamic equilibrium. The process consists of the cycles of active (saturation) and passive (diffusion) stages. Desired case depth and corresponding target concentration profile of carbon can be supervised by controlling the duration of these two stages.

Publisher

Walter de Gruyter GmbH

Subject

Metals and Alloys,Mechanics of Materials,Condensed Matter Physics,Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials

Link

https://www.degruyter.com/document/doi/10.3139/147.110137/pdf

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