{"title":"Diffusion Kinetics and Characterization of Fe2B Coatings Grown Thermochemically on Steel ASTM A709","authors":"M. Ortiz-Dominguez, M. Keddam","doi":"10.1007/s11041-024-00967-w","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p>The study is devoted to pack-powder boriding of ASTM A709 steel in a powder mixture containing boron carbide, potassium fluoroborate and silicon carbide. This surface hardening process is conducted between 1123 and 1273 K for from 2 to 8 h. The formed diiron boride layers are studied by different techniques (scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy (GDOES), Vickers microhardness testing, surface profilometry, Rockwell-C indentation cohesion and pin-on-disc tests). Kinetically, an integral-method-based approach is applied to calculate the boron diffusivities in Fe<sub>2</sub>B. The activation energy of the process is deduced and compared to reported data. The same model is ultimately verified by comparing the empirical values of the thickness of the Fe<sub>2</sub>B layers obtained at 1223 K and 1273 K for 9 h and the predicted values.</p>","PeriodicalId":701,"journal":{"name":"Metal Science and Heat Treatment","volume":"65 9-10","pages":"538 - 546"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Metal Science and Heat Treatment","FirstCategoryId":"88","ListUrlMain":"https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11041-024-00967-w","RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"材料科学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"METALLURGY & METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
The study is devoted to pack-powder boriding of ASTM A709 steel in a powder mixture containing boron carbide, potassium fluoroborate and silicon carbide. This surface hardening process is conducted between 1123 and 1273 K for from 2 to 8 h. The formed diiron boride layers are studied by different techniques (scanning electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis, glow discharge optical emission spectroscopy (GDOES), Vickers microhardness testing, surface profilometry, Rockwell-C indentation cohesion and pin-on-disc tests). Kinetically, an integral-method-based approach is applied to calculate the boron diffusivities in Fe2B. The activation energy of the process is deduced and compared to reported data. The same model is ultimately verified by comparing the empirical values of the thickness of the Fe2B layers obtained at 1223 K and 1273 K for 9 h and the predicted values.
期刊介绍:
Metal Science and Heat Treatment presents new fundamental and practical research in physical metallurgy, heat treatment equipment, and surface engineering.
Topics covered include:
New structural, high temperature, tool and precision steels;
Cold-resistant, corrosion-resistant and radiation-resistant steels;
Steels with rapid decline of induced properties;
Alloys with shape memory effect;
Bulk-amorphyzable metal alloys;
Microcrystalline alloys;
Nano materials and foam materials for medical use.