Improving the surface properties of A286 precipitation-hardening stainless steel by low-temperature plasma nitriding

Physics & Astronomy

• precipitation hardening 71%
• nitriding 71%
• cold plasmas 66%
• surface properties 61%
• stainless steels 53%
• wear tests 40%
• corrosion 40%
• wear resistance 32%
• hardness 23%
• electrochemical corrosion 21%
• corrosion tests 20%
• microstructure 17%
• sliding 14%
• microhardness 13%
• chemical composition 13%
• surface layers 13%
• steels 11%
• nitrogen 10%
• cross sections 8%
• characterization 8%
• temperature 4%

Engineering & Materials Science

• Age hardening 77%
• Nitriding 76%
• Surface properties 59%
• Plasmas 55%
• Stainless steel 52%
• Corrosion 33%
• Wear of materials 32%
• Wear resistance 27%
• Depth profiling 24%
• Temperature 24%
• Hardness 23%
• Microstructure 20%
• Electrochemical corrosion 20%
• Microhardness 14%
• Nitrogen 13%
• Characterization (materials science) 13%
• Chemical analysis 9%
• Steel 8%

Chemistry

• Precipitation Hardening 100%
• Wear 42%
• Plasma 37%
• Microstructure 20%
• Surface 19%
• Resistance 18%
• Depth Profiling 18%
• Microhardness 16%
• Corrosion 10%
• Alloy 10%
• Nitrogen 9%
• Time 5%