TY - JOUR
AU - Zverev, A.
AB - Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, Vol. 37, Nos. 11–12, 2001 MATERIALS SCIENCE AND CORROSION PROTECTION THERMOCHEMICAL TREATMENT OF STEEL IN AN ELECTROLYTIC PLASMA Yu. V. Kurochkin, Yu. N. Demin, UDC 621.785.539:661.65 and A. A. Zverev Various methods are used to increase the hardness and wear resistance of steel surfaces, in particular boriding, in order to increase working lives and reliability in machine components and tools. There are various standard methods of sat- urating the surface of steel with boron or boron compounds: boriding from molten salts, from the vapor, or by means of coat- ings [1], which take several hours and involve several stages or require the use of vacuum. It is therefore important to devise methods of accelerating boriding and improving its performance [2]. The present method of thermochemical boriding and sulfiding for steel surfaces is based on electrolytic plasma processing. The process uses a direct-current arc discharge between the workpiece immersed in an electrolyte and the body of the equipment. There is a combination of thermal, chemical, and electrophysical processes, which saturate the surface with ele- ments from the electrolyte. Figure 1 shows the scheme for the experimental plant. The specimen 7 is placed in the bath 8 
TI - Thermochemical Treatment of Steel in an Electrolytic Plasma
JF - Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
DO - 10.1023/A:1014862211974
DA - 2004-10-22
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/thermochemical-treatment-of-steel-in-an-electrolytic-plasma-ax2gPgjrRV
SP - 633
EP - 636
VL - 37
IS - 12
DP - DeepDyve
ER -