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EP 0010484 B1 19820908 - IMPROVEMENT IN THE CHROMISING OF STEEL IN THE GASEOUS PHASE

Title (en)

IMPROVEMENT IN THE CHROMISING OF STEEL IN THE GASEOUS PHASE

Publication

EP 0010484 B1 19820908 (FR)

Application

EP 79400724 A 19791008

Priority

FR 7830308 A 19781025

Abstract (en)

[origin: US4242151A] The object of the present invention is an improvement in chromizing methods, constituted by a method of chromizing steels to a depth e greater than 30 microns, usable for steels with a carbon content of at least 0.2%, especially for steels for construction work and steels for tools, characterized by the combination of three successive treatments, the first of these three treatments consisting of an ionic nitriding of a surface layer between 100 and 350 microns thick, this ionic nitriding being realized in an atmosphere constituted by a mixture of nitrogen and hydrogen, at a temperature of between 450 DEG C. and 650 DEG C., for between 5 and 40 hours, so as to obtain between 1.5% and 2.5% nitrogen in the nitrided layer, the second of these treatments consisting of a chromizing by gaseous method forming chromium carbides, lasting between 5 and 30 hours, and realized at temperatures of between 850 DEG C. and 1,100 DEG C., the third of these three treatments being a thermal treatment comprising a quenching in oil of the chromized piece followed by a tempering at a temperature of between 600 DEG C. and 650 DEG C., lasting between 30 minutes and 10 hours, depending on the size of the piece treated.

IPC 1-7

C23F 17/00; C21D 1/18; C23C 9/02; C23C 11/16

IPC 8 full level

C23C 8/38 (2006.01); C21D 1/06 (2006.01); C21D 1/18 (2006.01); C23C 10/10 (2006.01); C23C 12/00 (2006.01); C23F 17/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

C21D 1/18 (2013.01 - EP US); C23C 12/00 (2013.01 - EP US)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AT BE CH DE GB IT NL SE

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 0010484 A1 19800430; EP 0010484 B1 19820908; AT E1529 T1 19820915; DE 2963643 D1 19821028; FR 2439824 A1 19800523; FR 2439824 B1 19810508; JP S5558366 A 19800501; JP S6035989 B2 19850817; US 4242151 A 19801230; ZA 795719 B 19801029

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 79400724 A 19791008; AT 79400724 T 19791008; DE 2963643 T 19791008; FR 7830308 A 19781025; JP 13823979 A 19791025; US 8795479 A 19791024; ZA 795719 A 19791025