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- Title
- Rf-plasma nitriding of stainless steel
- Author(s)
- Baldwin, M. J.; Fewell, M. P.; Haydon, S. C.; Kumar, S.; Collins, G. A.; Short, K. T.; Tendys, J.
- Abstract
- This paper presents results from a study of the nitriding of AISI-316 stainless steel by a low-pressure pure-nitrogen rf plasma at a temperature of 400 degrees Celsius. The nitrided layers were examined with scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Rutherford backscattering and microhardness measurements. The results, when correlated with results from Langmuir-probe and spectroscopy measurements on the plasma, suggest that the density of excited neutral molecules is a more important influence on the nitriding kinetics than the density of ions in this particular process.
- Publication type
- Journal article
- Source
- Surface and Coatings Technology: incorporating the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Plasma Surface Engineering, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany, 09-13 September 1996, Vol. 98, no. 1-3 (Jan 1998), pp. 1187-1191
- Publication year
- 1998
- FOR Code(s)
- 0204 Condensed Matter Physics; 0306 Physical Chemistry (Incl. Structural); 0912 Materials Engineering
- Keyword(s)
- Austenitic stainless steel; Cross-sectional SEM; Instrumented microhardness; Low-pressure RF plasma; Plasma diagnostics; Plasma nitriding; RBS; XRD
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- ISSN
- 0257-8972
- Publisher URL
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0257-8972(97)00150-3
- Copyright
- Copyright ©1998 Elsevier Science S.A.
- Peer reviewed
