Decarburization in Laser Surface Hardening of AISI 420 Martensitic Stainless Steel.

Materials (Basel) · 2023 · PMC9918270 · PMID 36769945

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However, the decarburization might not be significant, as the hardness of the steel’s surface was increased more than three times to 675 HV during the laser surface hardening, and the hardness drop due to decarburization was estimated to be only 3% with the decarburization depth of 40 μm.

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