The influence of chrome and nickel in alloyed medium carbon steels on surface nanostructure formation

Keywords

surface nanocrystalline structure, alloying elements, chrome, nickel, lattice relative deformation, microhardness.

Cite as

Kyryliv V. I., Maksymiv O. V., Tsizh B. R., Kulyk Yu. O., and Kravchyshyn T. M. The influence of chrome and nickel in alloyed medium carbon steels on surface nanostructure formation. Physicochemical Mechanics of Materials. 2026. 62(1), 057-061.

https://doi.org/10.15407/pcmm2026.01.057

Abstract

The influence of chrome and nickel in medium carbon steels on formation of surface nanocrystalline structure by severe plastic deformation during mechanical-pulse treatment was studied. It was established that nickel and chrome changed structural-phase state of created nanocrystalline structure, raised the relative deformation of the lattice, dislocation density and microhardness of the surface layer. It was assumed that those available alloying elements in the steels would promote wear resistance increase of their surface nanocrystalline layers.

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