Current Status of Nitrocarburising Surface Heat Treatment

Nitrocarburising, a surface heat treatment of steels, has been widely recognized in steel manufacturing industries to improve scuffing resistance and fatigue resistance of the steel components. Several techniques of diffusing nitrogen and carbon into the surface of steel are categorised by use of salt bath, gaseous, and glow discharge atmospheres, The formation of iron carbonitride (Fe2_3N, C) …