A Study on Nitriding Alloy Steel in INTI Plasma Focus Machine

The INTI Plasma Focus machine was used to irradiate AISI 304 stainless steel samples with nitrogen ion beams to improve the hardness of the sample surface. The increase in hardness was plotted as a function of pressure at a constant 12 kV operation. Optimum hardness was found at 1.5 Torr using the V...

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Main Authors: A., Singh*, R., Jeyagopi, Teh, T.O., S., Manmeshpal, Saw, S. H., Lee, S.
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author A., Singh*
R., Jeyagopi
Teh, T.O.
S., Manmeshpal
Saw, S. H.
Lee, S.
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Teh, T.O.
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description The INTI Plasma Focus machine was used to irradiate AISI 304 stainless steel samples with nitrogen ion beams to improve the hardness of the sample surface. The increase in hardness was plotted as a function of pressure at a constant 12 kV operation. Optimum hardness was found at 1.5 Torr using the Vickers Hardness test. Computation with the Lee codes produces a plot of ion beam energy versus pressure. The plot shows that the optimum ion beam energy of 7.3 Joules occurs at 1.5 Torr. Thus we have correlated the optimum hardness of the treated sample surface to the optimum ion beam energy.
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spelling intimal-13962020-07-07T01:27:38Z http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1396/ A Study on Nitriding Alloy Steel in INTI Plasma Focus Machine A., Singh* R., Jeyagopi Teh, T.O. S., Manmeshpal Saw, S. H. Lee, S. QC Physics The INTI Plasma Focus machine was used to irradiate AISI 304 stainless steel samples with nitrogen ion beams to improve the hardness of the sample surface. The increase in hardness was plotted as a function of pressure at a constant 12 kV operation. Optimum hardness was found at 1.5 Torr using the Vickers Hardness test. Computation with the Lee codes produces a plot of ion beam energy versus pressure. The plot shows that the optimum ion beam energy of 7.3 Joules occurs at 1.5 Torr. Thus we have correlated the optimum hardness of the treated sample surface to the optimum ion beam energy. IOP Publishing 2020 Article PeerReviewed A., Singh* and R., Jeyagopi and Teh, T.O. and S., Manmeshpal and Saw, S. H. and Lee, S. (2020) A Study on Nitriding Alloy Steel in INTI Plasma Focus Machine. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, 854. ISSN 1757-899X https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/854/1/012062
spellingShingle QC Physics
A., Singh*
R., Jeyagopi
Teh, T.O.
S., Manmeshpal
Saw, S. H.
Lee, S.
A Study on Nitriding Alloy Steel in INTI Plasma Focus Machine
title A Study on Nitriding Alloy Steel in INTI Plasma Focus Machine
title_full A Study on Nitriding Alloy Steel in INTI Plasma Focus Machine
title_fullStr A Study on Nitriding Alloy Steel in INTI Plasma Focus Machine
title_full_unstemmed A Study on Nitriding Alloy Steel in INTI Plasma Focus Machine
title_short A Study on Nitriding Alloy Steel in INTI Plasma Focus Machine
title_sort study on nitriding alloy steel in inti plasma focus machine
topic QC Physics
url http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/1396/
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