Development of Solid Nitriding Method Using Thermosetting Waste Plastic

Abstract:

In recent years, global warming and resource exhaustion problems require the manufacturers to minimize substances of environmental concern and industrial wastes and adopt measures for expedited recycling. As a result, making effective use of wastes to try for further energy conservation and high quality products is an important assignment in the heat treatment and surface hardening treatment fields as well. This study has investigated the effectiveness of waste melamine resin in solid nitriding of JIS SUS304 austenitic stainless steel plate. After heating the stainless plate in waste melamine resin fragments and cooling in air, the surface was analyzed. It was found that a nitrided layer had formed on the surface of the plate, and the nitriding potential of waste melamine was shown to be high. It is therefore likely that this method can be effectively applied to the development of economically advantageous high-performance materials and value-added products.

• Periodical: Solid State Phenomena (Volume 118)
• Pages: 121-130
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/SSP.118.121
• Online since: December 2006
• Authors: Kazumasa Sakoshi, Chuji Kagaya, Eiji Kagaya
• Keywords: Austenitic Stainless Steel, Compound Layer, Diffusion Layer, Solid Nitriding, Thermosetting Waste Melamine Resin

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