Steel Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist
Chapter 17: Surface Hardening Treatment of Steels
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Published:2007
Abstract
The design requirements for mechanical shafts, pinions, and gears often call for features with very hard surfaces (to resist wear) based on a softer core (to avoid brittle fracture). This chapter explains how to selectively harden steel by diffusing carbon and nitrogen atoms into the outer surface layers. It discusses several such surface-hardening processes, including carburizing, nitriding, carbonitriding, and nitrocarburizing.
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Member Sign InSurface Hardening Treatment of Steels, Steel Metallurgy for the Non-Metallurgist, By John D. Verhoeven, ASM International, 2007, p 189–199, https://doi.org/10.31399/asm.tb.smnm.t52140189
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