Kinetics of the internal nitridation of austenitic Fe-Cr-Ni-Ti alloys

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solute, it was only s u c c e s s f u l when the two r e a c t i o n f r o n t s were close together, i . e . , the p r e c i p i t a t e d oxides had n e a r l y the s a m e s o l u b i l i t y . The s i m p l i f i e d t r e a t m e n t given l a t e r by W a g n e r ~1 c o n s i d e r e d only a single solute; for p r o p e r c h a r a c t e r i z a t i o n of the m u l t i p l e i n t e r n a l n i t r i d a t i o n in this study it was found n e c e s s a r y to extend W a g n e r ' s concepts. Such a m o d i f i c a t i o n has been given by Mack, lz who t r e a t e d the case of i n t e r n a l oxidation b e n e a t h an a d v a n c i n g s u r f a c e oxide scale. In the m a t h e m a t i c a l d e v e l o p m e n t to follow it has b e e n a s s u m e d that one can s u b s t i t u t e the s l o w e r moving

I

I

CrN + T i N ! TiN SUBSCALE ONLY I UNREACTED BASE IUBSCALE I I METAL

I I

2

I I

I I

to z

I I

I b-~_

NTi

u. _~ O 2;

k F

y

I Jq •

DEPTH OF PENETRATION,x-,Fig. 1--Schematic representation of internal nitrJdation in Fe-Cr-Ni-Ti alloys. VOLUME I,JANUARY 1970-163

subscale bolically advance Using control, cally in

during double internal nitridation for a paraa d v a n c i n g s u r f a c e s c a l e , i.e., t h e r a t e o f o f b o t h s u b s c a l e s i s a s s u m e d to b e p a r a b o l i c . the above concepts, u'12 and assuming diffusion one can represent X a n d Y, s h o w n s c h e m a t i F i g . 1, a s :

X = 2 R ( D N t ) '/2

[1]

Y = (2kct) 112

[2]

erfc [x/2(DTit)l/2]t eryc 1

NTi = N~i { 1 -

where

[6]

where

R = a dimensionless

constant

D N = diffusion of nitrogen

kc

limiting solubility N~ is actually moving into the material with time, because of precipitation of chromium nitride along the second reaction front. Similarly, the relation for the concentration profile of the solute metal component in the base metal beyond point X is given by:

in the base

alloy

NTi = mole fraction

of metal

solute in solution

N~i = mole fraction

of m e t a l

solute at infinity

= a rate constant

~b = DN/DTi

t = time Taking the boundary N N = N SN

for

conditions

By assuming stoichiometric TiN and taking a mass b a l a n c e a t X (in t h e m a n n e r o f W a g n e r u a n d M a a k TM) the following relation is obtained:

as:

x = Y, t > 0

[aa] NSND~2 e x p ( _ R 2)

N N= 0 Nwi = 0

for

x->X,

for

N T i = N TOi

t > 0

[3b]

x 0

for

x>--0,

erfR

-

t =0

[4b] relation

Using the mathematical

the relation

[51

where

I~N

---

of nitrogen

in solution

NSN = s o l u b i l i t y l i m i t o f c h r o m i u m as a mole fraction

nitride

at point x

[7]

erfc(Rdp lz2)

b)/~

u'~4

1/2R(~ 1/~

to:

e x p ( R 2)

Ferf R

L

by combining

Eqs.

/k

-

\~/q

j

[8]

[1] a n d [2] o n e f i n d s :

~ kc ~~'2 = R yY

[9]

expressed which yields the relation:

NSN -Tr1'2R exp(R2)[erfR-erf(RY)]

This relation is in effect the solution for diffusion into a n i n f i n i t e s y s t e m , 13 m o d i f i e d to a c c o u n t f o r r e m o v a l of the diffusing specie through