Advances in Low-Temperature Nitriding and Carburizing of Stainless Steels and Metallic Materials: Formation and Properties—2nd Edition
A special issue of Metals (ISSN 2075-4701). This special issue belongs to the section "Metal Casting, Forming and Heat Treatment".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025 | Viewed by 17
Special Issue Editors
Interests: surface engineering; plasma nitriding; plasma carburizing; expanded austenite; expanded ferrite; expanded martensite
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Interests: plasma nitriding; plasma carburizing; thermal spraying; laser metal deposition
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Interests: thermal spraying; thermochemical treatment; heat treatment; spark plasma sintering; laser cladding; high-entropy alloys; stainless steel
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The formation of an expanded austenite phase (S-phase) via low-temperature nitriding and carburizing of stainless steels was developed nearly 40 years ago. Initially, this method was applied to austenitic stainless steels, but the discovery that expanded phases can also be formed in ferritic and martensitic structures has extended these treatments to all stainless steel grades—ferritic, martensitic, duplex and precipitation hardening stainless steels. In addition, low-temperature thermochemical treatments have been also successfully performed on a variety of other metallic materials, such as cobalt-based, nickel-based and high-entropy alloys. The discovery of important scientific findings and their practical applications in industry have been achieved. In recent years, this method have been combined with new processes, including thermal spray coating, and is expected to contribute to the manufacturing of next-generation materials.
This Special Issue on “Advances in Low-Temperature Nitriding and Carburizing of Stainless Steels and Metallic Materials: Formation and Properties—2nd Edition” intends to cover original research and critical review articles on recent advances in all aspects of low-temperature nitriding and carburizing.
In particular, the topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Fundamentals and new concepts;
- Material properties and metallurgical characterization;
- Applications to novel stainless steel and metallic material alloys;
- Combination with other manufacturing processes;
- Industrial applications.
Dr. Francesca Borgioli
Dr. Shinichiro Adachi
Dr. Thomas Lindner
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- low-temperature nitriding
- low-temperature carburizing
- expanded austenite (S-phase)
- expanded ferrite
- expanded martensite
- metallic material properties
- metallurgical characterization
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