Surface Cleaning or Activation?Control of Surface Condition Prior to Thermo-Chemical Heat Treatment
来源期刊：材料热处理学报2004年第5期
论文作者：Brigitte Haase Juan Dong Jens Heinlein
关键词：thermochemical heat treatment; surface condition; surface cleaning; surface activation;
摘 要：Actual heat treatment processes must face increasing specifications with reference to process quality, safety and results in terms of reproducibility and repeatability. They can be met only if the parts' surface condition is controlled during manufacturing and, especially, prior to the treatment. An electrochemical method for the detection of a steel part's surface condition is presented, together with results, consequences, and mechanisms concerning surface pre-treatment before the thermochemical process. A steel surface's activity or passivity can be detected electrochemically, independently from the chemical background. The selected method was the recording of potential vs. time curves at small constant currents, using a miniaturized electrochemical cell, a (nearly) non-destructive electrolyte and a potentio-galvanostatic setup. The method enables to distinguish types of surface contamination which do not interfere with the thermochemical process, from passive layers which do and must be removed. Whereas some types of passive layers can be removed using conventional cleaning processes and agents, others are so stable that their effects can only be overcome by applying an additional activation pre-treatment, e.g. oxynitriding.
Brigitte Haase1，Juan Dong2，Jens Heinlein2
(1.Hochschule Bremerhaven, Dpt. Of Process Engineering, Bremerhaven, Germany;
2.Stiftung Institut fur Werkstofftechnik, Bremen, Germany)
摘要:Actual heat treatment processes must face increasing specifications with reference to process quality, safety and results in terms of reproducibility and repeatability. They can be met only if the parts'' surface condition is controlled during manufacturing and, especially, prior to the treatment. An electrochemical method for the detection of a steel part''s surface condition is presented, together with results, consequences, and mechanisms concerning surface pre-treatment before the thermochemical process. A steel surface''s activity or passivity can be detected electrochemically, independently from the chemical background. The selected method was the recording of potential vs. time curves at small constant currents, using a miniaturized electrochemical cell, a (nearly) non-destructive electrolyte and a potentio-galvanostatic setup. The method enables to distinguish types of surface contamination which do not interfere with the thermochemical process, from passive layers which do and must be removed. Whereas some types of passive layers can be removed using conventional cleaning processes and agents, others are so stable that their effects can only be overcome by applying an additional activation pre-treatment, e.g. oxynitriding.
关键词:thermochemical heat treatment; surface condition; surface cleaning; surface activation;
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