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Prospects of Hardening of Steels and Alloys in a High-Pressure Gas Environment

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The paper discusses the application potential of quenching in high-pressure nitrogen with respect to mediumand high-alloy steels, as well as precipitation-hardening alloys. A procedure for predicting the structure and properties of steels and alloys after quenching is proposed. It is shown that gas quenching provides a high level of mechanical properties while maintaining the geometry of the precision products due to elimination of surface oxidation.

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  1. N. É. Bauman Moscow State Technical University (MGTU), Moscow, Russia

    A. Yu. Shevchenko, A. E. Smirnov, Wai Yan Min Htet, Yu. N. Rozhkova & D. P. Sleptsova

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Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 2, pp. 37 – 42, February, 2020.

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Shevchenko, A.Y., Smirnov, A.E., Htet, W.Y.M. et al. Prospects of Hardening of Steels and Alloys in a High-Pressure Gas Environment. Met Sci Heat Treat 62, 139–144 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11041-020-00526-z

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