Thermochemical Surface Engineering of Steels

Part One: Fundamentals1. Thermodynamics and kinetics of gas and gas-solid reactions2. Kinetics of thermochemical surface treatments3. Process technologies for thermochemical surface engineeringPart Two: Improved materials performance4. Fatigue resistance of carburized and nitrided steels5. Tribological behaviour of thermochemically surface engineered steels6. Corrosion behaviour of nitrided, nitrocarburised and carburised steelsPart Three: Nitriding, nitrocarburizing and carburizing7. Nitriding of binary and ternary iron-based alloys8. Development of the compound layer during nitriding and nitrocarburising of iron and iron-carbon alloys9. Austenitic nitriding and nitrocarburizing of steels10. Classical nitriding of heat treatable steel11. Plasma-assisted nitriding and nitrocarburizing of steel and other ferrous alloys12. ZeroFlow gas nitriding of steels13. Carburizing of steelsPart Four: Low temperature carburizing and nitriding14. Low temperature surface hardening of stainless steel15. Gaseous processes for low temperature surface hardening of stainless steel16. Plasma-assisted processes for surface hardening of stainless steel17. Applications of low-temperature surface hardening of stainless steelsPart Five: Dedicated thermochemical surface engineering methods18. Boriding to improve the mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of steels19. The thermo-reactive deposition and diffusion process for coating steels to improve wear resistance20. Sherardizing: corrosion protection of steels by zinc diffusion coatings21. Aluminizing of steel to improve high temperature corrosion resistance22. Duplex Treatment