Investigation of the Mechanical and Wear Behavior of 1.0411 Steel Subjected to Gas Carburizing and Nitriding Processes

Bünyamin Yamanel; Osman Bican

doi:10.29137/ijerad.1608652

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Investigation of the Mechanical and Wear Behavior of 1.0411 Steel Subjected to Gas Carburizing and Nitriding Processes

Abstract

In this study, the microstructure, hardness, and wear behavior of 1.0411 steel were investigated after undergoing carburizing and nitriding processes. The carburizing process was performed using propane gas, while the nitriding process was carried out using pure NH3 gas at 520 °C. After carburizing, the samples were subjected to austenitizing at 850 °C for 25 minutes, followed by quenching in water at 60 °C. The process steps were completed by tempering at 140 °C for 25 minutes. Hardness measurements revealed that the surface hardness reached 841±15 HV0.3 after carburizing and 429±28 HV0.3 after nitriding. SEM images of the wear surfaces were taken to determine the wear mechanisms. It was found that the carburizing process increased wear resistance by 2 times, while the nitriding process increased it by 2.5 times.

Keywords

Gas cementation, Nitriding, Wear, SEM

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Bünyamin Yamanel ^*
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Osman Bican
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Yamanel, B., & Bican, O. (2025). Investigation of the Mechanical and Wear Behavior of 1.0411 Steel Subjected to Gas Carburizing and Nitriding Processes. International Journal of Engineering Research and Development, 17(2), 416-431. https://doi.org/10.29137/ijerad.1608652

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[1]B. Yamanel and O. Bican, “Investigation of the Mechanical and Wear Behavior of 1.0411 Steel Subjected to Gas Carburizing and Nitriding Processes”, IJERAD, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 416–431, July 2025, doi: 10.29137/ijerad.1608652.

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Yamanel, Bünyamin, and Osman Bican. “Investigation of the Mechanical and Wear Behavior of 1.0411 Steel Subjected to Gas Carburizing and Nitriding Processes”. International Journal of Engineering Research and Development, vol. 17, no. 2, July 2025, pp. 416-31, doi:10.29137/ijerad.1608652.

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1.Bünyamin Yamanel, Osman Bican. Investigation of the Mechanical and Wear Behavior of 1.0411 Steel Subjected to Gas Carburizing and Nitriding Processes. IJERAD. 2025 Jul. 1;17(2):416-31. doi:10.29137/ijerad.1608652

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Investigation of the Mechanical and Wear Behavior of 1.0411 Steel Subjected to Gas Carburizing and Nitriding Processes

Investigation of the Mechanical and Wear Behavior of 1.0411 Steel Subjected to Gas Carburizing and Nitriding Processes

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Gaz Sementasyonu ve Nitrasyon İşlemine Tabi Tutulan 1.0411 Çeliğinin Mekanik ve Aşınma Davranışlarının İncelenmesi

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