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In this work, the AISI 9840 steel was subjected to the powder-pack boriding in the temperature range of 1123–1273 K for various times ranging from 2 to 8 h. A kinetic model based on the principle of mass conservation at the growing interface was used to estimate the boron diffusion coefficients through the Fe2B layers. The pack-borided samples were experimentally characterized by different techniques such as: Scaning electron microscopy, XRD analysis, Microhardness Vickers testing. The Daimler-Benz Rockwell-C indentation technique was used to assess the adhesion quality of boride coatings on AISI 9840 steel. Finally, the scratch and pin-on-disc tests for wear resistance were respectively performed using an LG Motion Ltd and a CSM tribometer under dry sliding conditions. The boron activation energy for the AISI 9840 steel was estimated as 193.08 kJ /mol by applying the present model. To confirm and extend the validity of the diffusion model, the experimental values of Fe2B layers thicknesses obtained for other boriding conditions were compared with the predicted values.
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Abbreviations
- v:
-
boride layer thickness, m
- \({k_{F{e_2}B}}\) :
-
rate constant in the Fe2B phase, m/s1/2
- t v :
-
effective growth time of the Fe2B layer, s
- t :
-
treatment time, s
- \(t_0^{F{e_2}B}\) :
-
boride incubation time, s
- \(C_{up}^{F{e_2}B}\) :
-
represents the upper limit of boron content in Fe2B (= 60 × 103 mol/m3)
- \(C_{low}^{F{e_2}B}\) :
-
lower limit of boron content in Fe2B (= 59.8 × 103 mol/m3)
- C ads B :
-
adsorbed boron concentration in the boride layer, mol/m3
- \({a_1} = C_{up}^{F{e_2}B} - C_{low}^{F{e_2}B}\) :
-
defines the homogeneity range of the Fe2B layer (mol/m3)
- \({a_2} = C_{low}^{F{e_2}B} - {C_0}\) :
-
miscibility gap, mol/m3
- C 0 :
-
terminal solubility of the interstitial solute (≈0 mol/m3)
- \({C_{F{e_2}B}}\left[ {x\left( t \right)} \right]\) :
-
boron concentration profile in the Fe2B layer, mol/m3
- ε:
-
normalized growth parameter for the (Fe2B/substrate) interface (it has no physical dimension)
- \({D_{F{e_2}B}}\) :
-
represents the diffusion coefficient of boron in the Fe2B phase, m2/s
- J i [x(t)], (with i = Fe2B and Fe):
-
fluxes of boron atoms in the (Fe2B/substrate) interface boundary (mol/m2 s)
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Ortiz-Domínguez, M., Gómez-Vargas, O.A., Keddam, M. et al. Kinetics of boron diffusion and characterization of Fe2B layers on AISI 9840 steel. Prot Met Phys Chem Surf 53, 534–547 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2070205117030169
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