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    This document discusses surface hardening techniques for materials engineering. It describes why surface hardening is needed to make components tough, strong, and wear resistant. Surface hardening is commonly used for gears, cams and other parts that require a hard surface with a tough core. The main methods covered are carburizing and nitriding low-carbon steels. Carburizing involves diffusing carbon into the surface through pack carburizing, gas carburizing or liquid carburizing. Nitriding forms iron nitride particles near the surface without changing the phase and provides a hard nitrided case. The document discusses the process parameters and properties achieved for various surface hardening methods.

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    This document discusses surface hardening techniques for materials engineering. It describes why surface hardening is needed to make components tough, strong, and wear resistant. Surface hardening is commonly used for gears, cams and other parts that require a hard surface with a tough core. The main methods covered are carburizing and nitriding low-carbon steels. Carburizing involves diffusing carbon into the surface through pack carburizing, gas carburizing or liquid carburizing. Nitriding forms iron nitride particles near the surface without changing the phase and provides a hard nitrided case. The document discusses the process parameters and properties achieved for various surface hardening methods.

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    MM235 Materials Engineering (2014-15)

    Surface Hardening
    R. Arockiakumar
    Assistant Professor

    Surface hardening (or) Case hardening


    Why we need case hardening?

    Tough
    Strong

    Wear resistant
    MM235 Materials Engineering (2014-15)

    Where we need surface hardening?


    Gears and cams
    Hard, tough

    MM235 Materials Engineering (2014-15)

    How to do?
    Change the surface composition
    Heat treating the surface different from core
    Martensite
    Core

    Core

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    Case hardening of steels


    Particularly for low carbon steels (0.25%C)
    Carburizing
    Solid
    Liquid
    Gas
    Nitriding

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    Carburizing
    Carbon diffuses in to iron

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    Pack carburizing
    Cover the specimen with
    Char coal/ charred leather(85%)
    Sodium/ Barium carbonate (energizer)(15%)
    BaCO3 BaO+CO2
    CO2+C 2CO
    2CO+Fe Fe(C)+CO2
    Heat to 900-950C
    Soaking time
    Depends on case thickness
    2.5 mm (45-65 HRC)
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    Type of carburising and case depth

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    Application of case hardened steels

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    Flame hardening
    Oxyacetylene torch
    Gear& spindles

    steels of C > 0.4% and alloy steels


    Case depth 0.8 mm

    55-65 HRC
    Large specimens

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    Induction hardening
    High frequency AC is passed through
    induction coil

    Depth 1/(frequency)1/2
    Heating time-few seconds
    Water quenching

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    Nitriding

    Carried out in ferrite region


    Alloy steels- 1%Al, 1.5%Cr, 0.2%Mo
    No phase change after nitriding
    2NH3 2N+3H2
    Forms Fe3N particles
    Depth: 0.02 mm/ 2 h
    Hardness
    1000-2000 VPN
    (830 VPN=65 HRC)
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