TY - JOUR ID - 3329 TI - Surface Characterization of Through Cage Plasma Nitriding on the Surface Properties of Low Alloy Steel JO - Scientia Iranica JA - SCI LA - en SN - 1026-3098 AU - Taherkhani, F. AU - Taherkhani, A. AD - Department of Mechanical Engineering,Azad University Y1 - 2010 PY - 2010 VL - 17 IS - 4 SP - EP - KW - Plasma nitriding KW - Through Cage Plasma Nitriding (TCPN) KW - Active screen KW - Compound layer KW - Low alloy steels DO - N2 - DIN 1.6580 low alloy steel has been plasma nitrided using the novel Through Cage (TC) plasma nitriding technique. Experimental results show that the thickness of the compound layer increases with temperature, as well as nitrogen percent, in the gas mixture, that an increase in screen hole size has no e ect on the compound layer thickness under screen top lid conditions and, also, that an increase in screen hole size at the same temperature results in an increase in the thickness of the compound layer under iron plate top lid conditions. The results of micro-hardness measurements indicate that surface hardness increases with temperature, as well as nitrogen volume, in the treatment gas. It was also found that the hardness values obtained using a screen top lid are relatively greater than those obtained using an iron plate top lid. UR - https://scientiairanica.sharif.edu/article_3329.html L1 - https://scientiairanica.sharif.edu/article_3329_ad27f98641bfaf576eefc4ca36358538.pdf ER -