Plasma-assisted nitriding is an attractive surface treatment for metallurgical surface
modification to improve wear, hardness and fatigue resistance of ferrous and non-ferrous …

This paper reviews the low-pressure (< 10 Pa), high-density plasma-assisted nitriding
processes recently developed for metallurgical surface modification to improve wear …

Over the last 40 years, the commercial production of titanium and its alloys has increased
steadily. Whilst these materials have some very attractive properties, enabling applications …

This Book's focus and intent is to impart an understanding of the practical application of
atmospheric plasma for the advancement of a wide range of current and emerging …

Although plasma diffusion treatment (PDT) is one of the most promising and economical
processes to improve both surface and near-surface properties such as wear and corrosion …

The growth behavior of plasma-nitrided layers on workpieces with complex geometry was
systematically investigated. AISI 316 stainless steel pellets with different heights were …

Coatings of zirconium compounds are used in a wide variety of fields, yet an understanding
and descriptions of deposition mechanisms are scant in the public literature. The …

Surface modification technologies have been applied for the improvement of surface
properties, and low temperature nitriding in the mixed N 2-H 2 atmospheres by cathodic …

The plasma nitriding technique has been used to improve the tribological and mechanical
properties of materials, especially iron-based alloys. In this work, the pulsed glow discharge …

Wear behavior of quenched-tempered AISI M2 tool steel samples has been studied after
plasma nitriding at different N 2–H 2 plasma gas flows containing 25, 50 and 75 sccm N 2 …