Hydrogen behavior in the iron surface layer modified by plasma nitriding and ion boronising
✍ Scribed by E. Lunarska; J. Michalski
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 317 KB
- Volume
- 51
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0947-5117
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✦ Synopsis
The effects of the plasma nitriding with the formation of compound nitride and diffusion zones and of the boronising with the different ion doses on hydrogen distribution and hydrogen induced deterioration of a surface layer were examined in the case of Armco iron. Electrochemical studies of hydrogen permeation rate, hydrogen vacuum extraction measurements, optical and scanning microscopy, X-ray diffraction and elastic recoil detection analysis (ERDA) were used. Accumulation of entering hydrogen within the various constitutent zones of the modified layer inhibits the hydrogen transport into the metal and thus, decreases the mean hydrogen content in the deeper zones and in the core. Hydrogen accumulation within the compact nitride zone causes the expansion of the nitride lattice, nitride phase transformation and deterioration. The ion boronising enhances the hydrogen effects in the plasma nitrided layers. Therefore, modification of the surface layer by plasma nitriding and ion boronising may result in preventing of the bulk metal from hydrogen induced degradation, but may cause hydrogen deterioration of the surface layer, depending on the treatment parameters.
Die Einflu Èsse des Plasmanitrierens mit der Bildung von Verbundnitrid und Diffussionszonen und des Borierens mit verschiedener Ionendosis auf die Wasserstoffverteilung sowie wasserstoffinduzierte Scha Èdigungen der Oberfla Èchenschicht wurden an Armco-Eisen untersucht. Eingesetzt wurden elektrochemische Untersuchungen der Wasserstoffpermeationsrate,