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Current Trends in Boriding

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In this chapter, the origins of boriding process were mentioned, and the term ‘boriding’ was explained. The various important techniques of producing the boride layers and coatings were indicated together with some of their advantages. The next parts of this book were announced.

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Kulka, M. (2019). Introduction. In: Current Trends in Boriding. Engineering Materials. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-06782-3_1

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