Internal nitride formation during gas-phase thermal nitridation of titanium

Ajikumar, P. K. ; Kamruddin, M. ; Shankar, P. ; Gouda, Ramakrishna ; Balamurugan, A. K. ; Nithy, R. ; Tyagi, A. K. ; Jayaram, V. ; Biswas, S. K. ; Baldev Raj, (2009) Internal nitride formation during gas-phase thermal nitridation of titanium Scripta Materialia, 61 (4). pp. 403-406. ISSN 1359-6462

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Abstract

Titanium nitride surface layers were prepared by gas-phase thermal nitridation of pure titanium in an ammonia atmosphere at 1373 K for different times. In addition to the surface nitride layer, nitride/hydride formation was observed in the bulk of the specimen. The cross-section of the specimen was characterized by various techniques such as optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, secondary ion mass spectrometry and nanomechanical testing, and the mechanism of formation of these phases is discussed.

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Keywords:Titanium Nitride; Hardness; SIMS; Nanoindentation; SEM
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