TY - JOUR
T1 - Growth kinetics of iron boride layers
T2 - Dimensional analysis
AU - Campos, I.
AU - Torres, R.
AU - Ramírez, G.
AU - Ganem, R.
AU - Martínez, J.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work has been supported by research grant no. 42883/A-1 of the Consejo Nacional de Ciencia y Tecnologia at Mexico . The authors wish to thank Mr. Isaac Aguilar Ventura, Mr. Jorge Hadad Bellamy and Susan French for their valuable cooperation.
PY - 2006/10/15
Y1 - 2006/10/15
N2 - Dimensional analysis is presented as a powerful tool in the study of the paste boriding process. In particular, a dimensional method is used to study the growth kinetics of the boride layers FeB and Fe 2 B. Experiments were performed in AISI 1045 steel and AISI M2 steel, to test the suggested model. Samples of 1045 steel were prepared and treated using boron paste thickness of 3-5 mm, at temperatures of 1193, 1223 and 1273 K, with 2, 4 and 6 h of treatment time. The M2 specimens had boron paste thickness of 3 and 4 mm and temperatures of 1223, 1253 and 1273 K for 2 and 6 h. Results indicate that the growth of boron layers obeys power laws of the form y = αx β , where α and β constants are a function of the material and the interface of interest. Validation of the model was carried out using experimental data with an average error percentage of 7.6% for Fe 2 B in 1045 steel, 15.8% for FeB and 3.4% for Fe 2 B in M2 steel.
AB - Dimensional analysis is presented as a powerful tool in the study of the paste boriding process. In particular, a dimensional method is used to study the growth kinetics of the boride layers FeB and Fe 2 B. Experiments were performed in AISI 1045 steel and AISI M2 steel, to test the suggested model. Samples of 1045 steel were prepared and treated using boron paste thickness of 3-5 mm, at temperatures of 1193, 1223 and 1273 K, with 2, 4 and 6 h of treatment time. The M2 specimens had boron paste thickness of 3 and 4 mm and temperatures of 1223, 1253 and 1273 K for 2 and 6 h. Results indicate that the growth of boron layers obeys power laws of the form y = αx β , where α and β constants are a function of the material and the interface of interest. Validation of the model was carried out using experimental data with an average error percentage of 7.6% for Fe 2 B in 1045 steel, 15.8% for FeB and 3.4% for Fe 2 B in M2 steel.
KW - Boride layers
KW - Boriding process
KW - Dimensional analysis
KW - Growth kinetics
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U2 - 10.1016/j.apsusc.2005.12.002
DO - 10.1016/j.apsusc.2005.12.002
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0169-4332
VL - 252
SP - 8662
EP - 8667
JO - Applied Surface Science
JF - Applied Surface Science
IS - 24
ER -