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| Author(s): |
Silvia Azevedo dos Santos Cucatti
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Campinas, SP. |
| Institution: | Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin |
| Defense date: | 2013-11-14 |
| Examining board members: |
Haroldo Cavalcanti Pinto;
Francisco das Chagas Marques
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| Advisor: | Fernando Alvarez |
| Abstract | |
This dissertation deals with the nanostructuration by low energy ion beam Xe+ (< 1keV) bombardment on the surface properties, microstructure and nitrogen diffusion after pulsed plasma nitridation of iron alloys. The current interest in surface modification arises from the possibility of obtaining new physical, mechanical and tribological properties of materials. In particular, noble gases ion bombardment is an important method for improve nitrogen diffusion modification, since the efficiency of the nitriding process and the material final properties are influenced by defects created by the ionic impact on both surface and bulk, the later by cascade collision effects. Therefore, the understanding of the modifications generated by ionic bombardment on metallic alloys is essential for better understanding nitrogen diffusion. Two type of alloys were investigated in this study: steels AISI 316L (high alloy) and AISI 4140 (low alloy). Investigations of the topography after bombardment showed that this procedure induces the formation of nanometric patterns within crystalline grains, increasing the roughness of the analyzed materials. Studies of the microstrain created by the ion bombardment by X-ray diffraction show that the bombardment generates bulk defects at distances orders of magnitude larger than the Xe+ ion stopping distance by cascade collisions. It was found that microstructure and cross-section hardness of nitrided alloys are modified by pre- ionic bombardment. Pre-bombarded AISI 4140 samples form long and needle-shaped nitrides compounds while the ones found in standard samples are small and discontinuous. For the AISI 316L alloy, differently from the double nitride layer normally found in nitrided standard samples, the pre-bombardment treatment leads to a single thick compact case, higher hardness and a smoother hardness gradient. We can correlate the nitrogen diffusion modifications by ionic bombardment with the increasing of the surface sticking factor and the presence of extra diffusion channels, due to the increasing roughness and defects in bulk after Xe+ bombardment, respectively (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 11/15931-4 - Study of nanostructuring of metallic surfaces by noble gases ion bombardment |
| Grantee: | Silvia Azevedo dos Santos Cucatti |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Master |