Interstitial Hardening of Stainless Steel for Enhanced Corrosion Resistance for Naval Applications

Abstract

This program supported the early phases of a Future Naval Capabilities (FNC) program at the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), devoted to transitioning a novel low temperature (<500 Celsius) interstitial hardening process for stainless steels for impellers, fasteners and other marine items. Although the FNC program is a five (5) year program, CWRU support under this program was available only for the first two (2) years of the FNC program. The objectives of the CWRU effort were to increase the understanding and applications of this exciting technology, focusing on four areas: 1) acetylene-based carburizing, 2) gas phase nitriding, 3) gas phase nitrocarburizing, and 4) carburizing machined fasteners.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2017
Accession Number
AD1030201

Entities

People

  • A. H. Heuer

Organizations

  • Case Western Reserve University

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acetylenes
  • Alkynes
  • Auger Electron Spectroscopy
  • Auger Electrons
  • Carburizing
  • Corrosion
  • Corrosion Resistance
  • Electron Microscopy
  • Electron Spectroscopy
  • Fasteners
  • Hardening
  • Military Research
  • Nitriding
  • Resistance
  • Stainless Steel
  • Steel
  • Surface Roughness

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