Source: Advanced Heat Treat, Corp.
There seems to be no limit to what heat treated titanium alloy products can do -- just listen to the name: "titans." However, its poor tribological performance means that a surface treatment is necessary in most applications.
This best of the web article shares a quick technical run-down of all you need to know about plasma/ion nitriding of titanium alloy products with guidelines and graphs to show you the way.
An excerpt:
At the moment, nitriding is the most common and rational diffusion treatment which can be used for all-over surface hardening of titanium products. Nitrided titanium has a gold/yellow color of the TiN nitride enhancing attractiveness of the treatment in many applications.
Read more at "Plasma / Ion Nitriding of Titanium Alloy Products for Enhancing Their Tribological and Anticorrosion Properties"
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