Plasticity of Boronized Layers

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-2
General Classification of Boriding Processes....Pages 3-11
The Components and Phases of Systems ‘Boron-Iron’ and ‘Boron-Carbon-Iron’....Pages 13-21
The Equilibrium Diagram of ‘Boron-Iron’ Binary System....Pages 23-38
Multicomponent Equilibrium Diagrams Used in Boriding Treatments of Steels and Alloys....Pages 39-64
Plasticity as the Key to the Durability of Boronized Layers....Pages 65-80
The Formation Conditions for Boride and Boronized Layers and Their Influence on the Layers’ Plasticity....Pages 81-110
Methods of Reducing the Brittleness of Boronized Layers: The Parameters of Boriding Technology Aimed at Determining the Plasticity of Boronized Layers....Pages 111-196
The Structure Compositeness as the Foundation for the Plasticity of Boronized Layers....Pages 197-227
The Connection Between the Plasticity of Boronized Layers and the Mechanical and Exploitation Properties of Boronized Steels....Pages 229-267
Modeling the Formation of Diffusive Boronized Layers and Their Wear-Resistance....Pages 269-284
The Prospective Boriding Technologies Guaranteeing the Improvements in the Plasticity of Layers....Pages 285-299
The Use of Boriding Processes in the Industrial Treatment of Details and Tools....Pages 301-310
The Development of the Theory and Practice of Boriding....Pages 311-339
Back Matter....Pages 341-364