TL;DR: In this article, the diffusion coefficient of boron in FeB and Fe 2 B phases is obtained through fitting the experimental results into the model, and the simulation results are found to be in good agreement with experimental results.
TL;DR: In this article, the fracture toughness of boride formed on surfaces of 99.97% pure iron, depending on the process time, ranged from 3.59 to 3.83 MPa m1/2.
TL;DR: In this article, the borides (FeB+Fe 2 B) formed on the surface of steel substrate was confirmed by optical microscope and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis.
Abstract: In this study, some mechanical properties of borided cold work low-alloy tool steels were investigated. Boronizing was performed in a solid medium consisting of Ekabor-I powders at 1000°C for 2, 4 and 6 h. The substrate used in this study was high-carbon, low-alloy tool steel essentially containing 1.18 wt.% C, 0.70 wt.% Cr, 0.30 wt.% Mn, 0.10 wt.% V and 0.25 wt.% Si. The presence of borides (FeB+Fe 2 B) formed on the surface of steel substrate was confirmed by optical microscope and X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis. The hardness of the boride layer formed on the surface of the steel substrate and unborided steel substrate were 1854 and 290 kg/mm 2 , respectively. Experimental results revealed that longer boronizing time resulted in thicker boride layers. Optical microscope cross-sectional observation of the borided layers revealed denticular morphology. The fracture toughness of the boride layers measured by means of a Vickers indenter with a load of 3 N was in the range of 2.52–3.07 MPa m 1/2 .
TL;DR: In this article, the growth kinetics of boride layer on boronized AISI 4140 steel is reported, and an iso-thickness diagram for pre-determined thickness according to treatment time and temperature, were graphed by MATLAB 6.0 software.
TL;DR: In this paper, a cobalt/silica and four iron catalysts (unsupported, silica-supported, K-promoted and borided) were exposed to 0.5-8 ppm H 2 S either in situ in a 2/1 H 2 /CO reaction mixture or in pure hydrogen.