Laser Nitriding of Iron,Stainless Steel,and Plain Carbon Steel Investigated by Mössbauer Spectroscopy |
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Authors: | Schaaf Peter Landry Felix Han Meng Carpene Ettore Lieb Klaus-Peter |
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Affiliation: | (1) Physikalisches Institut, Universität Göttingen, II, Bunsenstrasse 7, 37073 Göttingen, Germany |
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Abstract: | Nitriding is a common method for improving the hardness, mechanical properties, wear and corrosion resistance of metals. Laser nitriding of metals is an efficient process, where the irradiation of surfaces in air or nitrogen atmospheres with short laser pulses leads to a fast take-up of nitrogen into the irradiated surfaces. This process has been extensively investigated for pure iron, but usually, no tools or functional parts are made of pure iron. Mainly steel or cast iron is used as a base material. Therefore, when looking for technical applicability, also the influence of alloying elements on the laser nitriding process is of great interest. Besides the pure iron various carbon steels and an austenitic stainless steel were studied in laser nitriding experiments in order to investigate the influence of the material itself. Here, the process is investigated via Conversion Electron and X-ray Mössbauer Spectroscopy (CEMS and CXMS), Resonant Nuclear Reaction Analysis (RNRA), and X-Ray Diffraction (XRD). It appears that carbon steels are even better suited for the laser nitriding process than pure iron, and the laser nitriding also works efficiently for the stainless steel which is normally difficult to be nitrided. |
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Keywords: | laser nitriding iron nitrides stainless steel austenite carbon steel CEMS CXMS |
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