1st Edition

Stainless Steel 2000 Thermochemical Surface Engineering of Stainless Steel

Edited By Tom Bell, Katsuya Akamatsu Copyright 2002

    Austenitic stainless steels lend themselves to a wide range of applications. This volume. reflects the enormous strides which have been made in the last few years in the study of the expanded austenite phase (also called the S phase) and the development of new surface treatment techniques.

    Preface, Conference Overview, Section One: Selected Background Literature to Expanded Austenite, Structured and Corrosion Resistance of Plasma Nitrided Stainless Steel, Structure of the Ion-nitrided Layer of 18-8 Stainless Steel, Effect of Plasma Nitriding Temperature on Surface Properties of Austenitic, Stainless Steel, Current Status of Hybrid Plasma Processing of Austenitic Stainless Steel, Abnormal Nitriding Behaviour of a High Chromium, High Manganese Austenitic Steel, Low Temperature Plasma Carburising of Austenitic Stainless Steels for Improved Wear and Corrosion Resistance, The Response of Austenitic Stainless Steels to Low-temperature Plasma Nitriding, Plasma Immersion Ion Implantation: Innovative Technology for Surface Treatment of Stainless Steels, Effect of RF Plasma Nitriding Power Density on Microhardness, Structure and, Magnetic Properties of 304 Austenitic Stainless Steel, Bibliography of Thermochemical Surface Engineering of Stainless Steels, 1979-2000, Section Two: General Thermochemical Treatments of Stainless Steel, Solution Nitriding of Stainless Steels, Solution Nitriding of Stainless Steels – a New Thermochemical Heat Treatment Process, Feature of M Phase Formed by Plasma Nitriding of Ni-base Alloys – Surface Engineering of Ni-base Alloys by Means of Plasma Nitriding, Martensitic Stainless Steel Nitrided in a Low-pressure rf Plasma, Prospects for Rapid Nitriding in High Cr Austenitic Alloys, Nitriding of Stainless Steel Using High Power YAG Laser, Section Three: Theoretical and Experimental Nature of S Phase, Towards Quantifying the Composition of Expanded Austenite, Successful Nitriding of Austenitic Stainless Steel: The Diffusion Mechanism of Nitrogen and the Role of the Surface Oxide Layer, Transmission Electron Microscopy Study of S Phase in Low Temperature, Plasma Nitrided 316 Stainless Steel, Nature of YN Phase Formed with Low Temperature Plasma Nitriding of Austenitic Stainless Steels, Effect of Peening as Mechanical Pre-treatment of the Formation of S Phase in Plasma Nitrided 304 Austenitic Stainless Steel, The Formation and Decomposition of Nitrogen and Carbon fct Austenite, in Austenitic Stainless Steel, Low Temperature Plasma Nitriding and Carburising of Austenitic Stainless Steels, S Phase Formation of Some Austenitic Stainless Steels by Plasma Nitriding, Surface Engineering of Stainless Steels by Plasma Ion Implantation and Low Pressure Plasma, The Nature of S Phase Coatings and their Wear and Corrosion-wear Behaviour when Applied to 316L, Role of Ion-beam Processing Time in the Formation and Growth of the High-nitrogen Phase in Austenitic Stainless Steel, The Fretting Fatigue Behaviour of Plasma Nitrided AISI 316 Stainless Steel, Section Four: Industrial Processing Using S Phase Technology, Environmentally Friendly Low Temperature Plasma Processing of Stainless Steel Components for the Nuclear Industry, Active Screen Plasma Nitriding, Low Temperature Gas Carburising for Austenitic Stainless Steels – The NV-pionite Process, Low Temperature Palsonite Salt Bath Nitriding of Austenitic Stainless Steel SUS304, Kolsterising – Surface Hardening of Austenitic and Duplex Stainless Steels without a Loss of Corrosion Resistance, Index

    Biography

    Bell\, Tom; Akamatsu\, Katsuya