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The effects of plasma nitriding process parameters on the wear characteristics of AISI M2 tool steel

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The main aim of this work is to evaluate the effects of the plasma nitriding process on AISI M2 tool steel. In previous work, treatment time and temperature were varied to identify the treatment conditions for good wear behaviour. In the present work, the treatment time was fixed while temperature and gas pressure were varied. Samples were characterised by glow discharge optical spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, X‐ray diffraction, surface microhardness and wear test. The specimens nitrided at 400 and 900 Pa showed the best wear performance, which is possibly due to reduction of the friction coefficient and the low adhesive wear observed. Samples processed at 200 Pa showed spalling during the wear test, indicating a brittle surface.

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  1. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul – UFRGS, Osvaldo Aranha, 99/610, Porto Alegre, RS, 90035‐190, Brazil

    M.A. Pessin & T.R. Strohaecker

  2. Universidade Regional Integrada – URI, Universidade das Missões, 505/210, Santo Ângelo, RS, 98802‐470, Brazil

    M.D. Tier

  3. The University of Birmingham, Edgbaston B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK

    A. Bloyce, Y. Sun & T. Bell

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Pessin, M., Tier, M., Strohaecker, T. et al. The effects of plasma nitriding process parameters on the wear characteristics of AISI M2 tool steel. Tribology Letters 8, 223–228 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1019199604963

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