EP0010484A1 - Verbesserung der Inchromierung von Stahl in der Gasphase - Google Patents

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EP0010484A1
EP0010484A1 EP79400724A EP79400724A EP0010484A1 EP 0010484 A1 EP0010484 A1 EP 0010484A1 EP 79400724 A EP79400724 A EP 79400724A EP 79400724 A EP79400724 A EP 79400724A EP 0010484 A1 EP0010484 A1 EP 0010484A1
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C23COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION IN GENERAL
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    • C23C12/00Solid state diffusion of at least one non-metal element other than silicon and at least one metal element or silicon into metallic material surfaces
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21DMODIFYING THE PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF FERROUS METALS; GENERAL DEVICES FOR HEAT TREATMENT OF FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS METALS OR ALLOYS; MAKING METAL MALLEABLE, e.g. BY DECARBURISATION OR TEMPERING
    • C21D1/00General methods or devices for heat treatment, e.g. annealing, hardening, quenching or tempering
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  • the present invention relates to an improvement in chromium-plating by gas of steels with more than 0.2% carbon, more especially structural steels and tool steels; this improvement makes it possible to significantly increase the thickness of the chromized layer, as well as its toughness.
  • chromization of steels by gas is well known.
  • the formation of chromium-based diffusion alloys on the surface of steels has already been described in numerous invention patents.
  • the transport of chromium to the surface of the material to be treated is carried out by means of halides, which are the only chromium compounds in the vapor state at diffusion temperatures.
  • halides which are the only chromium compounds in the vapor state at diffusion temperatures.
  • the passage of chromium in solid solution in the metal takes place by exchange between the chromium halide and the iron according to a reaction which, in the case of chlorides, can be written:
  • the reaction must be carried out at high temperature and in the austenitic range, that is to say above 850 ° C. for the usual steels.
  • the surface reaction of carbon and chromium causes on the one hand the formation of a film of chromium carbides, on the other hand a diffusion of carbon towards the area.
  • the surface film consists of two types of carbides, M 23 C 6 , richer in chromium towards the surface and M 7 C 3 , poorer in chromium, towards the metal substrate.
  • M indicates a metal such as iron (Fe), chromium (Cr), nickel (Ni), etc ...
  • the surface film has a thickness between 12 and 18 microns, and a hardness level between 1200 and 1800 in the Vickers hardness scale. Chromium thus diffuses into steel over a depth generally close to 15 microns. In known methods, this pro. The chromization factor never exceeds 20 microns.
  • a first solution for increasing the thickness and the toughness of the carbide layers can be constituted by an initial treatment phase consisting of a rapid rise in temperature, in particular in the range 600-900 ° C where usually precipitate M 7 C 3 carbides in the ferritic structure.
  • an initial treatment phase consisting of a rapid rise in temperature, in particular in the range 600-900 ° C where usually precipitate M 7 C 3 carbides in the ferritic structure.
  • such a solution would present risks with regard to the initiation of cracks and pitting during heating, in particular for parts made of relatively alloyed steels having geometries which are ill-suited to the high thermal stresses which would result from such a heating cycle.
  • the present invention while applying the principle of chromizing the part in the austenitic phase, avoids the risks mentioned above by producing beforehand a nitrided layer, but without a combination layer, that is to say in such a way that it there is in no way the formation of a surface layer of iron and chromium nitrides. Indeed, a the surface layer of iron nitrides would remain relatively stable, even at high temperatures, and would constitute a real barrier opposing the diffusion of chromium, this barrier being reinforced by the formation of chromium nitrides linked to an additional supply of nitrogen.
  • the subject of the present invention is an improvement to the chromisation processes, constituted by a process for chromisation of steels over a depth e greater than 40 microns, usable for steels having a carbon content at least equal to 0.2 %, in particular for structural steels and for tool steels, characterized by the combination of three successive treatments, the first of these three treatments consisting of ionic nitriding of a surface layer with a thickness between 100 and 350 microns, this ionic nitriding being carried out in an atmosphere constituted by a mixture of nitrogen and hydrogen, at a temperature between 450 ° C and 650 ° C, for a period between 5 and 40 hours, so as to obtain between 1, 5% and 2.5% nitrogen in the nitrided layer, the second of these treatments consisting of chromium-forming chromium carbide gas formation, lasting between 5 and 30 hours, and reac linked to temperatures between 850 ° C.
  • the third of these three treatments being a heat treatment comprising quenching with oil of the chromized part followed by tempering at a temperature between 600 ° C. and 650 ° C, lasting between 30 minutes and 10 hours depending on the size of the part treated.
  • ionic nitriding forming the first of the three treatments and effecaée under nitrogen and hydrogen atmosphere is carried out under a partial nitrogen pressure at most equal to 1.5 millibar, and under a pressure total gaseous between 2 and 10 millibars.
  • the chromization forming the second of the three treatments uses a pulverulent mixture based on ferro-chromium and amcnonium chloride, the latter representing by weight only 0.4% to 1 1 or powdered mixture, the ferro-ehrome powder preferably having a chromium content of between 50% and 75% and a particle size of between 0.5 millimeter and 4 millimeters, without aluminous binder ml magnesium.
  • thermochemical treatments of metallic surfaces by ion bombardments and more particularly nitriding are based on properties of the electric discharge in rarefied gases, in the event of mixtures of nitrogen and hydrogen with possibly hydrocarbons.
  • the reactive gas atmosphere can be chosen independently of the need for its pyrolitic cracking since its activation is obtained by ionization. It is therefore possible to adjust the partial pressure of nitrogen so that the phase or phases provided for by the binary iron-nitrogen balance diagram are superficially formed.
  • one of the main advantages of the invention consists, thanks to ionic nitriding, in obtaining a nitrided layer without a combination layer, that is to say without iron and chromium nitrides, in a reliable and repetitive manner by adjusting the partial pressure of nitrogen as a function of the treatment temperature and the chemical composition of the steel . So, without risk of spalling, the surface steel can quickly pass into the austenitic phase at moderate temperature, because of a nitrogen content of the order of 1.5% to 2.5%.
  • gas chromization can be carried out. at a greater depth, for example up to 50 microns and even more, and with the formation on the surface of a single type of carbonitrides, in Cr 2 (C, N), which causes a significant increase in the toughness of the coating.
  • a chromium-molybdenum-vanadium steel of the type is treated 35CDV 12, therefore at 0.35% carbon, in order to obtain a chromization depth of 50 microns.
  • the ionic nitriding which constitutes the first of the three successive treatments according to the invention is carried out here in a metal enclosure provided with heat shields and cooled by circulation of water, which enclosure constitutes the anode connected to earth.
  • the electrical parameters are chosen in such a way that the current increases with the direct voltage produced by the generator and that the sample to be nitrided which constitutes the cathode is covered by the corona corresponding to the abnormal discharge regime.
  • the gaseous ions are formed and accelerated towards the sample and cause it to heat up, which is continued until the temperature chosen to carry out the rmochemical treatment.
  • the temperature regulation is obtained using a thermocouple protected by an alumina sheath and placed in the sample in. conditions which avoid arcing.
  • the pressure at which the thermochemical treatment is carried out is generally between 2.5 and 8.0 millibar; a primary pump is sufficient to create the initial vacuum and then to allow the renewal of the nitriding gas near the sample.
  • the nitriding gas mixture is composed of nitrogen and hydrogen.
  • the partial pressures of nitrogen P N for which a solid solution of nitrogen is obtained in the ferrite network are between 0.1 and 0.5 millibar.
  • the temperature is set on average at 520 ° C and does not deviate from the range between 510 and 530 ° C. Leaving aside the rise in temperature and the setting the atmosphere to low pressure, the duration of ion nitriding at the right pressure and at the right temperature is 25 hours.
  • the metal piece of CDV 12 steel 35 thus nitrided is then extracted from the ion nitriding furnace and introduced into a case-hardening box which will carry out the second treatment according to the invention, which is gas chromization.
  • the cementing agent used is a powder made up of 99.5% ferro-chromium with 60/70% chromium and for 0.5% ammonium chloride, without alumina or magnesia. This powder has a particle size between 0.5 and 4 mm, with an average size close to 2.7 mm. This powder is placed in the bottom of the case-hardening box, which has the shape of a vertical cylinder, and it is covered by a partition on which the piece of steel to be chromized is placed. At the top of the case-hardening box there is a ferro-chromium reserve in a basket used for the direct regeneration of the active vapor of chromium chloride CrCl 2 . Introduced hydrogen creates a reducing atmosphere.
  • the enclosure is brought to an average temperature of 950 ° C, not deviating from the range 920 ° C-980 ° C, for a period of 20 hours.
  • the ferrous chloride vapors from reaction (1) react on the chromium reserve placed at the top of the body, which regenerates gaseous chromium chloride CrCl 2 which participates in the chromization according to (1).
  • the chromized part undergoes the third treatment according to the invention, that is to say that it is extracted from the case hardening box, it is immediately soaked in oil , then it is introduced into a tempering oven maintained at a temperature of the order of 625 ° C., for 2 hours.

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EP79400724A 1978-10-25 1979-10-08 Verbesserung der Inchromierung von Stahl in der Gasphase Expired EP0010484B1 (de)

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FR7830308A FR2439824A1 (fr) 1978-10-25 1978-10-25 Perfectionnement dans la chromisation des aciers par voie gazeuse
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