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Diffusion Layers of Steel Surfaces Immersed in Fused Borax Baths Containing Various Kinds of Additives

1975; Japan Institute of Metals and Materials; Volume: 39; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

10.2320/jinstmet1952.39.3_247

1880-6880

Tohru Arai, Masayoshi Mizutani, Noboru Komatsu,

Aluminum Alloys Composites Properties

To investigate the surface layers of steels immersed in various kinds of borax baths, steels were kept in the borax bath containing powders of pure metals, alloys, carbides, oxides and nitrides of such elements as Ca, Si, Al, Mn, R are earth, Mg, Zr, Ti, V, Nb, Cr, Zn, Co, Ni and Cu, and their surfaces and cross sections were examined by microscopy, X-ray diffraction and electron probe microanalyses.The results obtained are summarized as follows.(1) Iron boride layers were formed on 0.1%C steel specimens treated in the bath containing pure metal powders of Ca, Si, Al, rare earth, Mg, Zr or alloys powders.(2) In the bath containing a large amount of Fe-Ti or Fe-Mn powders, Ti or Mn carbide layers were formed on high C steel specimens, while iron boride layers were formed on low C steel specimens.(3) In the bath containing Fe-V or Fe-Nb powders, V or Nb carbide layers were formed on 0.1%C steel specimens.(4) In the bath containing Fe-Cr powders, double layers of Cr carbide (outer) and Fe-Cr solid solutions (inner) were formed on 0.1%C steel specimens.It may be concluded from the results that the tendency to form boride layers is greater in a fused borax bath containing metal powder with a higher free energy change (−ΔG) of the oxide formation than that of boron oxidation.