Surface Thermal Diffusion Treatment on Metallic Materials
A special issue of Coatings (ISSN 2079-6412). This special issue belongs to the section "Surface Characterization, Deposition and Modification".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 October 2022) | Viewed by 2711
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Interests: thermochemical treatment of steels
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Dear Colleagues,
The surface of metallic material controls its service life in many applications. Thermal diffusion treatments are technically attractive and economically viable methods aimed at improving the superficial layers of metallic materials, which employ to incorporate non-metal or metal atoms into metallic materials’ surfaces to modify their chemistry and microstructure. These processes can be conducted in solid, liquid or gaseous media with one or several simultaneously active chemical elements. The relative processes include nitriding, carburizing and their combinations, and other processes, such as boronizing, aluminizing, chromizing or thermo-reactive diffusion, exploring vanadium, molybdenum and other carbide-forming elements are also included. Therefore, nitriding, carburizing, nitrocarburizing, carbonitriding, boriding, chromizing, siliconizing, zincizing and aluminizing, which are assisted by vacuum, plasma, laser and other advanced technologies, are included in this Special Issue. The hybrid technologies that explore a combination of conventional thermochemical processes with new techniques of surface engineering, including surface deformations, cladding, coatings or laser modifications are also welcome.
We are pleased to invite you to submit your work to this Special Issue on “Surface Thermal Diffusion Treatment on Metallic Materials”. The scope of this Special Issue includes surface thermal diffusion treatment solutions for wear resistance, hardness/strength, corrosion resistance and impact resistance improvements of metallic materials. The aim of this Special Issue is to present the latest experimental and theoretical achievements in the field through a combination of original research papers and review articles from leading research groups around the world. Scientific and technological progress has been achieved on this topic by universities and research institutes worldwide. Further, hybrid technology that can improve the properties of any kind of metallic material is of interest.
This Special Issue aims to publish original research articles, critical reviews, as well as perspectives from leading researchers in both academia and the industry on all aspects related to the recent advances and progress in the process, characterization, modelling, and applications of surface thermal diffusion treatment technologies for improving wear resistance, hardness/strength, corrosion resistance and impact resistance of metallic materials.
In this Special Issue, original research articles and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Gas/vacuum/plasma nitriding/carburizing/nitrocarburizing;
- Plasma electrolytic nitriding/carburizing/nitrocarburizing;
- Laser nitriding/carburizing;
- Boriding, chromizing, siliconizing, zincizing and aluminizing;
- Rare-Earth Thermal Diffusion Technology: Nitriding/ carburizing/ nitrocarburizing/ boriding/ chromizing/ siliconizing/ zincizing/ aluminizing with rare earths addition;
- Hybrid treatment, including mechanical deformation treatment/laser treatment/PVD coating + nitriding/carburizing/nitrocarburizing, nitriding/carburizing/nitrocrburizing + mechanical deformation treatment/laser treatment/PVD/CVD coating.
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Ruiliang Liu
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- thermochemical treatment
- mechamical treatment
- plasma treatment
- laser treatment
- coating
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