Abstract

The effect of boronising on N80 steel tube was investigated by pack boriding. During the present investigation, microstructures of boride layer and substrate, hardness, mechanical properties, wear and corrosion were examined. In order to improve the tensile properties of the steel substrate after boronising, four different cooling methods were employed including annealing, air cooling, fan cooling and fan cooling with a graphite bar in the centre of boriding agent. Among these methods, the fan cooling with a graphite bar in the centre of the boriding agent makes the microstructure of ferrite and pearlite finest and the mechanical properties highest, in accordance with the mechanical properties required by API SPEC 5L. The borided N80 steel showed a better wear resistance at an applied load of 50 N with a sliding velocity of 0˙785 m s–1, it also displayed a better corrosion resistance in both H2SO4 and HCl acid environments.

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