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Method of nitriding austenitic stainless steel products
Assignee: Air Water Inc
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Filing: 1993-02-12
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Granted: 1994-12-27
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Expires: 2013-02-12
Abstract
Abstract A hard nitrided layer is formed on austenitic stainless steel by holding the austenitic stainless steel in a heated condition under a fluorine- or fluoride-containing atmosphere and then nitriding it so that a close uniform nitriding layer can be formed, resulting the remarkable improvement in the surface hardness of the above-mentioned austenitic stainless steel. The temperature in the above-mentioned nitriding treatment is set below 450° C. so that high anti-corrosion property, originally inherent in austenitic stainless steel, can be retained without deterioration.
Inventors
- 👤 Masaaki Tahara
- 👤 Haruo Senbokuya
- 👤 Kenzo Kitano
- 👤 Tadashi Hayashida
- 👤 Teruo Minato
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 19:15
CPC Classifications
C; C23; C23C; C23C8/00; C23C8/06; C23C8/08; C23C8/24; C23C8/26; C21; C21D; C21D1/00; C21D1/74; C21D1/76; C21D6/00; C21D6/004; C23C8/34; C21D9/00; C21D9/0093
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 8
Claim 1
Independent Claim
63 words
A method of nitriding austenitic stainless steel products comprising holding austenitic stainless steel products in a fluorine-or fluoride-containing gas atmosphere with heating to form fluorinated austenitic stainless steel products, and then holding the fluorinated austenitic stainless steel products in a nitriding atmosphere with heating at a temperature below 450° to form a nitrided layer on a surface of the austenitic stainless steel products.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
63 words
A method of nitriding austenitic stainless steel products comprising holding austenitic stainless steel products in a fluorine-or fluoride-containing gas atmosphere with heating to form fluorinated austenitic stainless steel products, and then holding the fluorinated austenitic stainless steel products in a nitriding atmosphere with heating at a temperature below 450° to form a nitrided layer on a surface of the austenitic stainless steel products.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method of nitriding austenitic stainless steel products according to claim 1, further including purifying the surface of the nitrided layer by contacting the layer with strong mixed acid liquid including HNO 3 .
Claim 4
Independent Claim
31 words
A method of nitriding austenitic stainless steel products according to claims 1 or 2 wherein the austenitic stainless steel products are processed articles including more than 22% by weight of chrome.
Claim 5
Independent Claim
31 words
A method of nitriding austenitic stainless steel products according to claims 1 or 2 wherein the austenitic stainless steel products are processed products including more than 1.5% by weight of molybdenum.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
49 words
A method of nitriding austenitic stainless steel products according to claims 1 or 2 wherein the austenitic stainless steel products are processed articles composed of two-phase stainless steel products of austenite and ferrite containing more than 1.5% by weight of molybdenum and more than 22% by weight of chrome.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
23 words
A method of nitriding austenitic stainless steel products according to claims 1 or 2 wherein the austenitic stainless steel products are stainless screws.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method of nitriding austenitic stainless steel products according to claim 1 wherein the temperature during nitriding is from 380° to 420° C.
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