Abstract
Post-oxidizing treatments can be performed to improve the corrosion resistance of nitrided steel samples. In this paper, plasma nitriding treatments were performed at 540 °C for 4 h using ammonia as the working gas, and plasma post-oxidizing treatments were carried out at temperatures ranging from 350 °C to 500 °C for 2 h in oxygen gas. The treated samples were characterized by using optical microscopy, SEM, XRD, and electrochemical polarization. The X-ray analysis revealed the formation of iron-nitride phases of ɛ-Fe 2–3N and γ′-Fe 4N during plasma nitriding and iron oxide phases of hematite (Fe 2O 3) and magnetite (Fe 3O 4) through the post-oxidizing treatment. In particular, it was found that the very thin magnetite layer 0.8–1.5 μm in thickness on top of the compound layer was obtained by plasma post-oxidized at 400 °C and 450 °C. It was also demonstrated that the corrosion characteristics of the nitrided compound layer were further improved by post-oxidation treatment.
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