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Mean Diffusion Coefficient Method in Studying Armco Iron Boriding Kinetics

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Activation energy of boron diffusion during pack boriding of armco iron with a constant incubation time for boride formation is estimated using a mean diffusion coefficient model. Experimental verification is accomplished for the model by boriding armco iron at 1253 K for 5 h. Good correspondence is obtained between experimental and calculated Fe2B layer thicknesses.

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  1. Laboratoire de Technologie des Matériaux, Faculté de Génie Mécanique et Génie des Procédés, USTHB, El-Alia, Bab-Ezzouar, Algiers, Algeria

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Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 5, pp. 30 – 34, May, 2020.

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Keddam, M., Kulka, M. Mean Diffusion Coefficient Method in Studying Armco Iron Boriding Kinetics. Met Sci Heat Treat 62, 326–330 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11041-020-00562-9

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