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Thermodynamic reasoning for colossal N supersaturation in austenitic and ferritic stainless steels during low-temperature nitridation
Colossal N supersaturation of ferritic as well as austenitic stainless steels during low temperature gaseous nitridation treatments has lately gained much technological significance. However, available thermodynamic models to calculate the N paraequilibrium solubility limits have failed to explain t...
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author | Sasidhar, K. N. Meka, S. R. |
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description | Colossal N supersaturation of ferritic as well as austenitic stainless steels during low temperature gaseous nitridation treatments has lately gained much technological significance. However, available thermodynamic models to calculate the N paraequilibrium solubility limits have failed to explain the levels of colossal N supersaturation observed in several cases of nitrided ferritic/austenitic stainless steels. In this work, we show that consideration of N dissolution induced spinodal decomposition is essential in calculating the N paraequilibrium solubility limit for both ferritic and austenitic stainless steels. This modification in the thermodynamic model has led to the successful explanation of the thermodynamic cause for the colossal N supersaturation in ferritic and austenitic stainless steels. Available experimental observations in literature support the occurrence of spinodal decomposition. |
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spelling | pubmed-65417092019-06-07 Thermodynamic reasoning for colossal N supersaturation in austenitic and ferritic stainless steels during low-temperature nitridation Sasidhar, K. N. Meka, S. R. Sci Rep Article Colossal N supersaturation of ferritic as well as austenitic stainless steels during low temperature gaseous nitridation treatments has lately gained much technological significance. However, available thermodynamic models to calculate the N paraequilibrium solubility limits have failed to explain the levels of colossal N supersaturation observed in several cases of nitrided ferritic/austenitic stainless steels. In this work, we show that consideration of N dissolution induced spinodal decomposition is essential in calculating the N paraequilibrium solubility limit for both ferritic and austenitic stainless steels. This modification in the thermodynamic model has led to the successful explanation of the thermodynamic cause for the colossal N supersaturation in ferritic and austenitic stainless steels. Available experimental observations in literature support the occurrence of spinodal decomposition. Nature Publishing Group UK 2019-05-29 /pmc/articles/PMC6541709/ /pubmed/31142759 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44410-0 Text en © The Author(s) 2019 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons license and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. |
spellingShingle | Article Sasidhar, K. N. Meka, S. R. Thermodynamic reasoning for colossal N supersaturation in austenitic and ferritic stainless steels during low-temperature nitridation |
title | Thermodynamic reasoning for colossal N supersaturation in austenitic and ferritic stainless steels during low-temperature nitridation |
title_full | Thermodynamic reasoning for colossal N supersaturation in austenitic and ferritic stainless steels during low-temperature nitridation |
title_fullStr | Thermodynamic reasoning for colossal N supersaturation in austenitic and ferritic stainless steels during low-temperature nitridation |
title_full_unstemmed | Thermodynamic reasoning for colossal N supersaturation in austenitic and ferritic stainless steels during low-temperature nitridation |
title_short | Thermodynamic reasoning for colossal N supersaturation in austenitic and ferritic stainless steels during low-temperature nitridation |
title_sort | thermodynamic reasoning for colossal n supersaturation in austenitic and ferritic stainless steels during low-temperature nitridation |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6541709/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31142759 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-44410-0 |
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