Yinzhong Shen, K. Oh, Dong-Kwon Lee
Dec 1, 2005
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Scripta Materialia
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Abstract A potassium nitrate salt bath has been used for nitriding of interstitial-free steel. The nitriding behavior can be reasonably well described by nitrogen diffusion in iron. Most nitrogen is dissolved interstitially. During nitriding, a slight oxidation of the steel surface also takes place. The nitrided specimen achieves a pronounced solid–solution strengthening.