As a fundamental study of gas sulphurizing process of cast iron, specimens of cast iron were heated in H
2S atmosphere at temperture range from 200 to 600°C for 1, 2, 3 and 5 hours, and condition of sulphide formation on and beneath the surface of the cast iron were studied by means of Xray analysis, chemical analysis, metallography, hardness measurement. The wear resisting properties of the sulphurized cast iron were determined by wearing test. The results obtained were as follow;
1) The film formed on the surface of the cast iron consisted always of pyrrhotite (Fe
1-xS). Parabollic law, W
2=k't, was observed each time, where w meaning the thickness of the sulphide film, t the treating time, and k' a constant.
2) The thickness of the sulphide diffusion layer which was observed beneath film was from 0.05 to 0.15mm. The uppermost part (0.05mm thick.) contained from 0.14 to 2.0%S corresponding to the treating temperature of 200 to 600°C as determined by chemical analysis carried out for the consecutive 0.05 mm layer from the surface.
3) The hardness distribution near the surface of the specimen showed a peack (Fig. 6) at the point where sulphur content coincnded with that of the cast iron, indicating the end of the sulphurized layer. The high hardness value at the peak was assumed due to distortin in the diffusion layer.
4) Diffusion treatment after sulphding caused an increase in the sulpher content in the sulphur diffusion layer. The amount of the sulphur increment was dependent on the diffusion temperature and not on the sulphiding temperature.
5) All sulphide filmes and sulphur diffusion layers stood to wear, except that the sulphide film thicker than 0.04mm seemed to promote wear as specimens with such films worn more tha the untreated specimens.
6) Excessively high sulphur content in the sulphur difffusion layer, in some cases, was damaging to wear resistance.
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