Duplex surface treatment on microalloy steels by dehydrated paste pack boriding and pack carburizing

N. López Perrusquia, M. A. Doñu Ruiz, E. D. García Bustos, M. lores Martínez, G. M. Urriolagoitia Calderón, C. R. Torres San Miguel

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Abstract

In this work, a novel duplex surface treatment is carried out on API X60 microalloy steels by boronizing and carburizing. Firstly, the dehydrated paste pack boriding (DPPB) on microalloy steels was carried out at a temperature of 1273 K for 8 h of exposure time. Then, the pack carburizing (PC) was conducted on borided steels at 1173 K temperature for four different exposure times. The layers formed by DPBP and DPBP+PC, were caracterized by X-ray difrraction, scanning electron microscopy, and energy dispersive spectroscopy. The results show that DPBP+PC promotes the formation of coatings outermost cementite layer with a range of depth (15.30–45.34 µm) over the boride layer. Hardness and Young's modulus of DPPB+PC were measured using the nanoindenter with a Berkovich diamond tip under load of 100 mN. The higher average indentation hardness (HIT=1.53±0.25 GPa) and Young's modulus (EIT=212.70±2.4 GPa) were characteristic of carburized layer as well as Fe2B layer was characterized by HIT=20.56±0.80 GPa, and EIT=300.9±15.57 GPa, these parameters have an important influence on wear resistance to improve the performance in practical applications.

Original languageEnglish
Article number128573
JournalMaterials Letters
Volume280
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Dec 2020

Keywords

  • Diffusion
  • Electron microscopy
  • Indentation and hardness
  • Microstructure

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