Efeito do carbono no processo de nitrocarburização com plasma pulsado da liga metalica AISI H13 / Carbon effect on pulsed plasma nitrocarburizing process in AISI H13 tool steel
AUTOR(ES)
Rodrigo Leonardo de Oliveira Basso
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2007
RESUMO
This work presents a study on the effect of the incorporation of carbon and nitrogen on he formation of a singlephase homogeneous layer, composed by e -Fe2-3(C,N) carbonitrides, on the top surface of a AISI H13 tool steel. We also present studies on the effect of the incorporation of these elements (C and N) in the microstructure and in the mechanical and chemical properties of the surface of the metallic alloy. The incorporation of these elements in the surface of the material was made using the plasma nitrocarburizing termochemical treatment in atmospheres containing N2 + H2+CH4 in different ratios. Beyond the composition of the treatment atmosphere, the temperature and the time of treatment had been also varied. In way to complement the study of the behavior of the metallic alloy we had been also prepared samples with oxidating atmospheres containing CO2. The chemical composition analysis of the sample?s surface was made through X-ray photo-electron spectroscopy and pointed that nitrogen incorporation suffers great influence from the amount of gas containing carbon, on the plasma atmosphere. However the incorporation of these elements is not directly proportional to the concentration of the gas containing this element. In con-trast, increasing enough the concentration of these elements in the treatment atmosphere, it does not cause increase in the concentration of the same element in the material?s surface. On the other hand the X-ray diffraction analysis showed the formation of crystalline structures, consistent with the phase diagram of Fe-C-N system. For lesser carbon concentrations in the plasma, the formation of nitrides and carbides are predominant whereas bigger amounts of this element lead to the formarion of the cementite phase (q -Fe3 C , undesirable for possessing low resistance mechanics). The mechanical properties of the surface had been studied by means of nano and microhardness and its results indicate that, as expected, samples with bigger amount of incorporated nitrogen possesses bigger hardness in its surface. This behavior is in agreement with the observed microstructure observed by scanning electron microscopy that show the interlacement of the grains of the steel structure and the fulfilling of its boundaries with iron carbonitrides that make it difficult the movement of the crystalline plans of the lattice increasing its hardness. It was verified that the nitrogen and carbon concentrations in the material?s surface, are of great influence on the reactivity of the surface regarding to corrosive processes in clorine solutions. This behavior was verified by measurements of corrosion in NaCl aqueous solution. Again the results pointed that bigger nitrogen concentration is responsible for protecting the surface against corrosion process. These results are attributed to the presence of a compact and homogeneous e -Fe2-3(C,N) surface layer on the surface of the samples. Less significant results had been gotten when the surface contained a mixture of phases containing g -F e4N, e -Fe2-3 N, a -Fe e CrN
ASSUNTO(S)
aço-ferramenta implantação ionica carbonitretação a plasma tool-steel plasma nitriding engenharia de superficie por plasma plasma nitrocarburizing nitretação por plasma ion implantation plasma carbonitriding nitrocarburização a plasma plasma surface engineering
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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