Journal
MATERIALS AND MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
Volume 32, Issue 4, Pages 349-354Publisher
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/10426914.2016.1221112
Keywords
Cryo-treatment; Shot peening; Subcritical austenitic nitriding; Ultrafine grain structure
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Shot peening is a simple but effective severe plastic deformation process to synthesize ultrafine grains in micro- to nanometer range on metallic surfaces. In this work, shot peening on AISI 4140 steel specimens was done in a novel centrifugal air blast shot peening reactor with shot velocity of 5.8m/s for 3h. Characterization of the shot peened surface (XRD, micro-hardness, SEM, and TEM) showed that surface undergoes significant plastic deformation with marked increase in microstrain of lattice, dislocation density, and surface hardness. XRD profiles and TEM analysis confirmed formation of ultrafine grain structure in the nanometer range. These specimens were then subjected to austenitic nitriding at 610 degrees C for 4h followed by cryo-treatment at-185 degrees C for 32h. Characterization of pre-shot peened nitrided and cryo-treated surfaces showed that there was marked improvement in surface hardness (from 695 to 797 HV0.05) and effective case depth (from 19 to 54 mu m) in comparison with un-shot peened nitrided and cryo-treated specimens. It was demonstrated that presence of ultrafine grain structure and austenitic phase during nitriding plays synergetic role to improve content and diffusion kinetics of nitrogen in AISI 4140 steel surface.
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