Surface Engineering and Heat Treatment of Metals and Alloys

A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment".

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  • Surface and heat treatment processing of ferrous and non-ferrous metals and alloys;
  • Biomaterial processing;
  • Thermochemical treatment of metals;
  • Quenchants and quenching technology;
  • Surface hardening;
  • Coatings and surface treatments;
  • Surface preparation and processing;
  • Applications of IT and AI in process modeling and control;
  • Design and application of modeling and simulation;
  • Environmental aspects in heat treatment and surface engineering;
  • Cryogenic treatment;

Testing and characterization.

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Dr. George Totten
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Keywords

  • heat treatment
  • surface engineering
  • modeling and simulation
  • test and characterization
  • environmental
  • thermochemical

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Diffusion Behavior and Kinetics of the Iron–Nickel Interface During Annealing Treatment
by Wenlin Wu, Fei Zhong, Pu Zhou, Jue Lu and Feng Wang
Metals 2025, 15(2), 211; https://doi.org/10.3390/met15020211 - 17 Feb 2025
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Abstract
The notorious corrosion resistance of carbon steel significantly limits its scope of application. In this study, a strategy involving electrodeposited nickel followed by annealing was proposed to improve the corrosion resistance of materials. The effects of annealing on the microstructure of nickel-plated steel [...] Read more.
The notorious corrosion resistance of carbon steel significantly limits its scope of application. In this study, a strategy involving electrodeposited nickel followed by annealing was proposed to improve the corrosion resistance of materials. The effects of annealing on the microstructure of nickel-plated steel were investigated by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive spectrometry (EDS). The results reveal annealing induces Fe-Ni alloy layer formation at the plating–substrate interface, with thicknesses ranging from 2.2 μm to 4.8 μm as the temperature increases from 650 °C to 800 °C and the duration extends from 1 min to 5 min. Additionally, a diffusion kinetics model based on Fick’s second law was established to describe the diffusion process of nickel atoms in the iron matrix. The diffusion coefficients of nickel atoms were determined to be in the range of 4.4 × 10−16 m2·s−1 to 1.26 × 10−15 m2·s−1 under the tested conditions. This model provides a theoretical framework for optimizing annealing treatments to enhance the performance of nickel-coated carbon steel components. Full article
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