1. Tribological properties and surface structures of ion implanted 9Cr18Mo stainless steels.
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Fengbin, Liu, Guohao, Fu, Yan, Cui, Qiguo, Sun, Min, Qu, and Yi, Sun
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ION implantation , *TRIBOLOGY , *SURFACE structure , *CHROMIUM compounds , *STAINLESS steel , *QUENCHING (Chemistry) , *THICKNESS measurement , *AMORPHOUS carbon - Abstract
Abstract: The polished quenched-and-tempered 9Cr18Mo steels were implanted with N ions and Ti ions respectively at a fluence of 2×1017 ions/cm2. The mechanical properties of the samples were investigated by using nanoindenter and tribometer. The results showed that the ion implantations would improve the nanohardness and tribological property, especially N ion implantation. The surface analysis of the implanted samples was carried out by using XRD, XPS and AES. It indicated that the surface exhibits graded layers after ion implantation. For N ion implantation, the surface about 20nm thickness is mainly composed of supersaturated interstitial N solid solution, oxynitrides, Cr x C y phase and metal nitrides. In the subsurface region, the metal nitrides dominate and the other phases disappear. For Ti ion implantation, the surface of about 20nm thickness is mainly composed of titanium oxides and carbon amorphous phase, the interstitial solid solution of Ti in Fe is abundant in the subsurface region. The surface components and structures have significant contributions to the improved mechanical properties. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2013
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