Surface Engineering by Expanded Austenite
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Two main different types of alloy were used for the investigations: austenitic stainless steels and nickel based alloys. A stainless steel alloy contains iron, chromium and nickel, and occasionally includes a small weight % of molybdenum and nitrogen and other elements. The composition of the alloys is given in the table below.
Elements of a weight % of less than% 0.1 were not included in the table.
Click on the table above to find out more about the typical uses of each sample material.
For the purposes of the investigations, the seven samples can be further divided into two groups: iron based alloys and nickel based alloys:
A selection of both iron and nickel based alloys were selected so that not only the effect of the carburising process could be investigated, but also a comparison could be made between the two different groups of alloys.
