Expanded austenite, crystallography and residual stress

Thomas Christiansen, Thomas Strabo Hummelshøj, Marcel A. J. Somers

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    Abstract

    The identity of expanded austenite as developing during low temperature nitriding and/or carburising of austenitic stainless steel has been under debate since the very first observation of this phase. In the present article, recent results obtained with (a) homogeneous samples of various uniform compositions and (b) unravelling of the contributions of stress-depth and composition-depth profiles in expanded austenite layers are summarised and discussed. It is shown through simulation of line profiles that the combined effects of composition gradients, stress gradients and stacking fault gradients can explain the observations in typical X-ray diffractograms.
    Original languageEnglish
    JournalSurface Engineering
    Volume26
    Issue number4
    Pages (from-to)242-247
    ISSN0267-0844
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2010
    Event22nd International Conference on Surface Modification Technologies - Trollhattan, Sweden
    Duration: 22 Sept 200824 Sept 2008
    Conference number: 22

    Conference

    Conference22nd International Conference on Surface Modification Technologies
    Number22
    Country/TerritorySweden
    CityTrollhattan
    Period22/09/200824/09/2008

    Keywords

    • Stainless steel
    • Gaseous carburising
    • Residual stress
    • Gaseous nitriding
    • X-ray diffraction
    • Expanded austenite

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