“Carburizing!” can be used to predict the distribution of carbon
in the carburized layers of steel and for the visual presentation
of the calculation results. Numerical methods have been utilized to determine
the distribution of carbon across a carburized layer.The program has been
written for the Microsoft Windows 95™ operating system.
This application can be an excellent teaching aid for a course of material
science for students majoring in mechanical engineering or material sciences.
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Contents:
1. Overwiew
2. How to get more information
Overwiew
For any given process of steel carburization, the program enables you
to monitor the effect of the following:
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the diffusing saturation time on the distribution of the diffusing element
across the diffusion layer, and on the kinetics of the layer build-up.
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the surface reaction rate on the thickness of the diffusion layer, and
on an element’s concentration at the surface of the alloy.
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the temperature on the rate of the diffusion layer’s growth
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mass increase of the treated object as a function of the treatment
time
The program can also be used to optimize the steel carburization process.
This can be achieved by selecting appropriate parameter values which will
lead to the desired carbon concentrations throughout the diffusion layer.
The following parameters are used as input for the calculations:
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the chemical composition of the steel subjected to carburization process
and the carbon transfer coefficient
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the changes in temperature and in the carbon potential of the atmosphere
as a function of the treatment time
Both the data and the calculation results are displayed on the screen by
graphing the following parameters as a function of the treatment time:
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the temperature and the carbon potential of atmosphere
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the carbon concentration on the steel surface
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the thickness of the carburized layer up to the following concentrations
- 0.3%C, 0.35%C and 0.4%C,
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both the carbon distribution and the hardness gradient across the carburized
layer.
How to get more information
Help is available directly from the author of the application,
Dr Stanislaw Gut.
If you have any problems with the installation, usage of the program
‘Carburizing!” or simply wish to suggest improvements or changes you can
contact the author in the following way:
By telephone under these numbers:
Voice: +48.12.617-38-67
Voice/fax: +48.12.633-02-05
by e-mail: gut@uci.agh.edu.pl
or by letter at:
Stanislaw Gut
University of Mining and Metallurgy
30-059 Krakow Al. Mickiewicza 30
Poland