| Abstract: | Learn more about boriding diffusion treatments, which can provide an expressive upgrade in the surface properties of metallic materials, with hardness and corrosion resistance being among the most enhanced. This special issue features seven peer-reviewed papers on various boriding processes, providing an in-depth view of current research and development efforts on surface engineering of various alloys using boron diffusion. Topics covered include: modeling of the kinetics of boron diffusion in dehydrated paste pack-borided AISI M2 steel; fracture toughness of the CoB-Co2B interface; performance properties of heterogeneous boronized layers; microstructure and fracture performance of boronized H11 grade hot-work tool steel; wear and scratch resistance of cobalt boride layer exposed to a diffusion annealing process; electron-beam heating on the structure and properties of boroaluminized layers; paste borided layers produced on XC38 steel. |
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