Computer-aided modeling for predicting layer thickness of a duplex treated ceramic coating on tool steels

Five different tool steels (DIN 1.2080, 1.2210, 1.2344, 1.2510 and 1.3343) have been targeted for a duplex surface treatment consisted of nitriding followed by vanadium thermo-reactive diffusion (TRD). TRD process was performed in molten salt bath at 575, 650 and 725°C for 1 to 15h. A duplex ceramic...

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Published in:Ceramics international 2014-05, Vol.40 (4), p.5515-5522
Main Authors: Khalaj, Gholamreza, Pouraliakbar, Hesam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Ceramic coating
Ceramic coatings
Diffusion
Diffusion layers
Duplex stainless steels
Duplex surface treatment
Gene expression
Gene expression programming
Layer thickness
Mathematical models
Modeling
Tool steels
Vanadium
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Summary:Five different tool steels (DIN 1.2080, 1.2210, 1.2344, 1.2510 and 1.3343) have been targeted for a duplex surface treatment consisted of nitriding followed by vanadium thermo-reactive diffusion (TRD). TRD process was performed in molten salt bath at 575, 650 and 725°C for 1 to 15h. A duplex ceramic coating of vanadium carbonitride (VCN) with a thickness up to 10.2μm was formed on tool steel substrates. Characterization of the ceramic coating by means of scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD) indicated that the diffused compact and dense layers mainly consisted of V(C,N) and V2(C,N) phases. Layer thickness of duplex coating has been modeled by gene expression programming (GEP). Recently, application of GEP as a computer-aided technique has got appreciable attraction especially for modeling and to formulate engineering demands. For GEP approaches, chemical composition of steel substrates along with different bath and processing parameters totally composed of 17 different parameters were considered as inputs to establish mathematical correlations. Finally, the training and testing results in models have shown strong potential for predicting the layer thickness of duplex treated ceramic coating on tool steels.
ISSN:0272-8842
1873-3956
DOI:10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.10.141