S. Yan et al., STUDY OF TRIBOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF HIGH-SPEED STEEL IMPLANTED BY HIGH-DOSE CARBON-IONS, Surface & coatings technology, 104, 1998, pp. 348-352
The changes in tribological behaviour of high-speed steel (M2) samples
implanted with carbon ions at high fluences (5 x 10(17) similar to 3
x 10(18) cm(-2)) have been studied. The ion energies used were 50 and
100 keV leading to a modified layer of 200 and 400 nm, respectively. O
bviously, the samples show an improved tribological behaviour, althoug
h the microhardness of the surface decreased after implantation. Tribo
logical measurements, microhardness measurements, RES, SEM and EDX ana
lyses were performed before and after ion implantation. The experiment
al results are discussed, and it is concluded that the improvement of
wear behaviour can be correlated to an improved toughness of the near
surface layer modified by the ion implantation. (C) 1998 Elsevier Scie
nce S.A.