Editorial & Advisory Board - Acta Technica Corviniensis
Editorial & Advisory Board - Acta Technica Corviniensis
Editorial & Advisory Board - Acta Technica Corviniensis
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GLOW DISCHARGE OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY OF<br />
CARBONITRIDED LAYERS<br />
1.<br />
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY SOFIA – PLOVDIV BRANCH, DEPARTMENT OF MATERIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, BULGARIA<br />
1.<br />
Angel ZUMBILEV<br />
ABSTRACT: The aim of the present work is to investigate the possibility of applying glow discharge optical emission<br />
spectroscopy while building the profile of nitrogen and carbon distribution in carbonitrided layers. 25CrMnSiNiMo steel and<br />
Armco‐iron have been carbonitrided in low‐temperature plasma in ammonia and corgon medium. The results show that<br />
increased amount of carbon is observed both in the combined zone and in the diffusion zone of the carbonitrided layer. It<br />
has been established that after carbonitriding of 25CrMnSiNiMo steel and Armco‐iron at t=550 0 C, P NH3 = 280 Pa, P 82% Ar + 18% CO2<br />
= 120 Pa, τ = 4 h, the most gradual change of the distribution of nitrogen and carbon is achieved in the carbonitrided zone of<br />
the layer.<br />
KEYWORDS: carbonitrided layers, low‐temperature plasma, GDOES analysis<br />
INTRODUCTION<br />
Since the beginning of the 1970s glow discharge<br />
sources have been used predominantly in the field of<br />
investigating alloys. The scientific literature suggests a<br />
great number of applications based on glow discharge<br />
spectroscopes, not supposed so far, including<br />
polymeric mass‐spectroscopy, sensitive assessment of<br />
nano‐materials, as well as analysis of very thin (