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Bilayer growth kinetics and tribological characterization of boronized AISI M2 steel

  • Martín Ortiz Domínguez , Mourad Keddam EMAIL logo , Oscar Armando Gómez Vargas , Gonzalo Ares de Parga and Jorge Zuno Silva
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Materials Testing
From the journal Materials Testing Volume 64 Issue 4

Abstract

The AISI M2 steel has been treated by solid boriding between 1123 and 1273 K for an exposure time of 2–8 h. In these circumstances, a bilayer constituted by FeB and Fe2B has been formed with interfaces nearly flat. The tribological behavior and decohesion resistance of boride coatings were studied by using the following characterizations: (Rockwell-C cohesion, pin-on-disc and wear scratch tests). The modeling of process kinetics was undertaken based on two different approaches (the mass balance equations and the integral method). The assessed values of boron activation energies in FeB and Fe2B arising from the two models were nearly similar. In addition, the predicted layers’ thicknesses at 1243 and 1273 K during 10 h were concordant with the experimental values.

Keywords: activation energy; boronizing; growth kinetics; iron borides; wear
Corresponding author: Mourad Keddam, SDM, USTHB, B.P. 32 El Alia Bab Ezzouar, 16000, Algiers, Algeria, E-mail:

Funding source: PRDEP (No. 265067) and CONACYT (No. 219863)

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: The work described in this paper was supported by a grant of PRDEP (No. 265067) and CONACYT (No. 219863) México (National Council of Science and Technology).

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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https://doi.org/10.1515/mt-2021-2091
Keywords for this article
activation energy; boronizing; growth kinetics; iron borides; wear

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