Method of carburizing austenitic stainless steel and austenitic stainless steel products obtained thereby
First Claim
1. A method of carburizing austenitic stainless steel comprising the steps of holding austenitic stainless steel in a fluorine- or fluoride-containing gas atmosphere with heating prior to carburizing and carburizing the austenitic stainless steel at a temperature not more than 680°
- C. wherein said austenitic stainless steel is stable austenitic stainless steel having 1 to 6 weight % molybdenum or 13 to 25 weight % chromium, wherein a carburized hard layer having corrosion resistance superior to base material forms.
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A method of carburizing austenitic stainless steel comprising the steps of holding austenitic stainless steel in a fluorine- or fluoride-containing gas atmosphere with heating prior to carburizing and carburizing the austenitic stainless steel at a temperature not more than 680° C. wherein said austenitic stainless steel is stable austenitic stainless steel having 1 to 6 weight % molybdenum or 13 to 25 weight % chromium, wherein a carburized hard layer having corrosion resistance superior to base material forms and austenitic stainless steel products obtained thereby.
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1. A method of carburizing austenitic stainless steel comprising the steps of holding austenitic stainless steel in a fluorine- or fluoride-containing gas atmosphere with heating prior to carburizing and carburizing the austenitic stainless steel at a temperature not more than 680°
- C. wherein said austenitic stainless steel is stable austenitic stainless steel having 1 to 6 weight % molybdenum or 13 to 25 weight % chromium, wherein a carburized hard layer having corrosion resistance superior to base material forms.
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4. Austenitic stainless steel products wherein base material is stable austenitic stainless steel including 1 to 6 weight % molybdenum or 13 to 25 weight % chromium, a surface layer in depth of 5 to 70 μ
- m from the surface is hardened by invasion of carbon atoms so as to be formed into a carburized hard layer whose hardness is 500 to 1050 Hv of Micro Vickers hardness, wherein the carburized hard layer is formed by an austenitic phase in which chromium carbide particles do not exist and whose corrosion resistance is superior to the base material.
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