O efeito do encruamento em aços inoxidáveis submetidos ao tratamento de nitretação

• Ano de defesa: 2012
• Autor(a) principal: Monte, Mariana Zicari Di
• Orientador(a): Vatavuk, Jan
• Banca de defesa: Andrade, Arnaldo Homobono Paes de , Couto, Antonio Augusto
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie
• Programa de Pós-Graduação: Engenharia de Materiais
• Departamento: Engenharia de Materiais
• País: BR
• Palavras-chave em Português: aço inoxidável ferrítico; nitretação; encruamento; difração de raios-x
• Palavras-chave em Inglês: ferritic stainless steel; nitriding; cold work; x-ray diffraction
• Área do conhecimento CNPq: CNPQ::ENGENHARIAS::ENGENHARIA DE MATERIAIS E METALURGICA
• Link de acesso: http://dspace.mackenzie.br/handle/10899/24160

This paper presents an evaluation of the effects of strain hardening on the kinetics of nitriding thermochemical treatment of alloys of ferritic steels AISI 430 and AISI 439 for different degrees of plastic deformation. The technique used to apply the plastic deformation level was increased by a universal tensile machine. Then we proceeded to apply the processes of gas nitriding, in salt baths and plasma, the alloys in the annealed condition and for different degrees of hardening. The samples were characterized by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, hardness tests and examination of the microhardness profile of the layers. It also employed the technique of X-ray diffraction in order to determine the phases present in the nitrided layer. As a result of this study, it was found that the hardening has no effect on the kinetics of nitriding processes, nor levels of hardness achieved in the nitrided layer. The layer thickness was raised to a gas nitriding process, which besides the exposure time at temperature was held at temperature higher than the other processes studied. This study also presents the results of microstructure and curves of the percentage of nitrogen and carbon depending on the depth of the nitrided layer. Note that the nitrogen concentration decreases with depth as approaching the base metal. Carbon, in turn, is pushed into the sample, providing a decarburization in the region enriched in nitrogen and carbon accumulation in the regions just below the nitrided layer. The spectra of X-ray diffraction corresponding to the nitrided layers of steels 430 and 439 indicated the presence of CrN precipitate rich in nitrogen. The alloy 430 suffered heavy attack to a depth of about 30 Um on the other hand the alloy 439 had the region with little predominance of attack, with small volume fractions of more intense attack. The hardness levels of light and dark regions were similars, around 1000 HV, indicating an efficient mechanism of precipitation hardening. It concluded that the chromium nitride is present in both regions, and the highest attack can be related to a discontinuous precipitation process, probably due to iron nitride Fe3N, contrary to what was found in the literature.