A Novel Heat Treatment Process for Surface Hardening of Steel: Metal Melt Surface Hardening

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Authors

  • Yong-Sheng Fu
  • Wei Zhang
  • Xiaowei Xu
  • Jun Li
  • Minxu Xia
  • Jiangguo Li

Organisational units

External Organisational units

  • Shanghai Jiaotong University

Abstract

A novel heat treatment process for surface hardening of steel has been demonstrated and named as “metal melt surface hardening (MMSH).” A surface layer with a thickness of about 400 μm and a hardness of about 700 HV has been achieved by ejecting AISI 304 stainless steel melt at a temperature of about 1783 K (1510 °C) onto the 40Cr steel surface. This proposed MMSH provides a very promising application for surface hardening of steel.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3975-3979
Number of pages5
JournalMetallurgical and materials transactions. A, Physical metallurgy and materials science
Volume48.2017
Issue numberSeptember
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Jun 2017