The effect of rare earth compound of CeCl3 on the kinetic process, composition, microstructure and mechanical properties of co-permeating of solid powder boron-vanadium (B-V) was investigated. The results indicate tha...The effect of rare earth compound of CeCl3 on the kinetic process, composition, microstructure and mechanical properties of co-permeating of solid powder boron-vanadium (B-V) was investigated. The results indicate that the addition of CeCl3 to permeating agent not only has obviously catalytic effect on permeating rate, which increases by more than 40%, hut also greatly improves the hardness and abrasion resistant of the permeating layer owing to the formation of new phase of CeFe2 after Ce permeates into the layer of the part as an alloying ingredient. It is believed that rare earth elements accelerate the permeating rate of B and V by increasing the potentials of B and V of the agent, activating the surface of the workpiece, and decreasing the activation energy of diffusion of the B and V atoms.展开更多
文摘The effect of rare earth compound of CeCl3 on the kinetic process, composition, microstructure and mechanical properties of co-permeating of solid powder boron-vanadium (B-V) was investigated. The results indicate that the addition of CeCl3 to permeating agent not only has obviously catalytic effect on permeating rate, which increases by more than 40%, hut also greatly improves the hardness and abrasion resistant of the permeating layer owing to the formation of new phase of CeFe2 after Ce permeates into the layer of the part as an alloying ingredient. It is believed that rare earth elements accelerate the permeating rate of B and V by increasing the potentials of B and V of the agent, activating the surface of the workpiece, and decreasing the activation energy of diffusion of the B and V atoms.
