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Simulation of boronizing kinetics of AISI 316 steel with an integral diffusion model

  • Mourad Keddam

    Prof. Dr. Mourad Keddam, born 1965, completed his Graduate and Doctorate studies at the National Polytechnic School (El-Hrrach, Algiers). He focuses on the thermochemical treatments and modeling their kinetics and metallurgical phase transformations. He has been working in the Department of Materials Sciences at the University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumedience (Algiers, Algeria) since 2001. He has been a Full Professor at the same institution since 2009.

         , Polat Topuz

    Assistant Prof. Dr. Polat Topuz, born 1975, completed his Undergraduate, Graduate and Doctorate studies at Marmara University. He focuses on material inspection methods, surface treatments and welding technology. Between 1999 and 2010 he worked as a specialist in the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering at Yıldız Technical University. Since 2010, he has been working as Vice President at Istanbul Gedik University Vocational School.

     EMAIL logo     and Özlem Aydin

    Assistant Prof. Dr. Özlem Aydin, born 1979, completed her Undergraduate studies at Sakarya University and Graduate and Doctorate studies at Yıldız Technical University. She focuses on surface treatments fields. Between 2010 and 2018 she worked as a Lecturer and since 2010, she has been working as Assistant Professor at Istanbul Gedik University Vocational School.
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From the journal Materials Testing Volume 63 Issue 10

Abstract

Boriding or boronizing is a type of surface property improvement process applied to metal or some non-metal materials by diffusion. The calculation of diffusion kinetics is also very important as it is a diffusion controlled process. Today, many researchers perform kinetic calculations by applying the Second Fick’s law to the Arrhenius equation. In this study, as an alternative to conventional kinetic calculations, the mathematical modeling of diffusion kinetics has been performed using the integral diffusion model. For the boronizing experiments, the pack-boronizing method was chosen and AISI 316 austenitic stainless steel was used. The experiments were carried out at three temperatures and for three times; Ekabor 2 was used as the boronizing agent. The detailed diffusion kinetics calculations were made using the data obtained from the experiments in the mathematical modeling.

Keywords: Boronizing; iron borides; diffusion kinetics; integral diffusion model; AISI 316 steel
Polat Topuz Gedik Vocational School İstanbul Gedik University Sülüntepe Mh. Yunus Emre Cd. No 1/1 Şeyhli Pendik, İstanbul, Turkey

About the authors

Prof. Dr. Mourad Keddam

Prof. Dr. Mourad Keddam, born 1965, completed his Graduate and Doctorate studies at the National Polytechnic School (El-Hrrach, Algiers). He focuses on the thermochemical treatments and modeling their kinetics and metallurgical phase transformations. He has been working in the Department of Materials Sciences at the University of Sciences and Technology Houari Boumedience (Algiers, Algeria) since 2001. He has been a Full Professor at the same institution since 2009.

Assistant Prof. Dr. Polat Topuz

Assistant Prof. Dr. Polat Topuz, born 1975, completed his Undergraduate, Graduate and Doctorate studies at Marmara University. He focuses on material inspection methods, surface treatments and welding technology. Between 1999 and 2010 he worked as a specialist in the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering at Yıldız Technical University. Since 2010, he has been working as Vice President at Istanbul Gedik University Vocational School.

Assistant Prof. Dr. Özlem Aydin

Assistant Prof. Dr. Özlem Aydin, born 1979, completed her Undergraduate studies at Sakarya University and Graduate and Doctorate studies at Yıldız Technical University. She focuses on surface treatments fields. Between 2010 and 2018 she worked as a Lecturer and since 2010, she has been working as Assistant Professor at Istanbul Gedik University Vocational School.

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Published Online: 2021-10-21

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https://doi.org/10.1515/mt-2021-0023
Keywords for this article
Boronizing; iron borides; diffusion kinetics; integral diffusion model; AISI 316 steel

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Contents
  2. Materials testing for joining and additive manufacturing applications
  3. Forming mechanism and mechanical properties of dissimilar friction stir lap welds of 304 austenitic stainless steel to a Ti6Al4V alloy
  4. Microstructure, mechanical and corrosion properties of nickel superalloy weld metal
  5. Mechanical testing/Materialography
  6. Impression creep behavior of Babbitt alloy SnSb8Cu4
  7. Metallurgical investigations
  8. Simulation of boronizing kinetics of AISI 316 steel with an integral diffusion model
  9. Mechanical Testing
  10. Mode-I interlaminar fracture of aramid and carbon fibers reinforced epoxy matrix composites at various SiC particle contents
  11. Corrosion Testing
  12. High temperature corrosion behavior of 430 ferrite stainless steel in a molten sulfur environment
  13. Materials testing for joining and additive manufacturing applications
  14. Heat affected zone and weld metal analysis of HARDOX 450 and ferritic stainless steel double sided TIG-joints
  15. Mechanical testing/numerical simulations
  16. Effect of patch dimension and fiber orientation on non-linear buckling of hybrid composites
  17. Production-oriented testing
  18. Quality optimization and process capability analysis of ring spun Supima cotton yarn
  19. Analysis of physical and chemical properties
  20. Comparison between acidic electroless deposited Cu, Ni coating and a physical vapor deposited (PVD) Al coating on an acrylonitrile– butadiene–styrene (ABS) substrate
  21. Wear testing
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