Influence of the magnetic field at ion nitriding in glow discharge on probe characteristics, microhardness and structure of 08H18N10T (AISI 321) steel

摘要

The study is devoted to the influence of the magnetic field on ion nitriding of stainless steel of austenite class - 08H18N10T (AISI 321). The experimental volt-ampere characteristics (VAC) of the glow dischargewere obtained under the influence of crossed electric and magnetic fields (CEMF), plasma parameters were calculated. The microhardness measurements made it possible to establish that the surface hardness increases 1.5 times when nitriding with CEMF in comparison with that without CEMF, while the hardened layer thickness increases 1.5 times.