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Need literature or standards on nitriding of stainless steel

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I want to nitride a stainless steel bushing, but I can't find an applicable standard. The bushing has .5 OD, .375 ID, and .5 length. Is there a standard that governs this process?

Bruce Edwards
Honeywell - Cupertino, California, USA

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Dear Sir,

I want to nitride a stainless steel filter, but I can't find an applicable standard. The filter is 1000 OD, 990ID, and 2200 length. Is there a standard for this process?

Best regards,

Reza Jafari
- Iran

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Hello, currently I am doing research in the area of Nitriding of Stainless steels using Gas, Salt Bath and Plasma techniques. I request you all help me in getting the literature survey.Please forward the technical papers and articles if you have any with you, which will be very much helpful to me.
thank you.

KUMAR [last name deleted for privacy by Editor]
SRM University - CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, INDIA

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Dear kumar,

What type of help you need. I think your university may have the membership of sciencedirect. There you will find a number of technical literature papers. If you have any doubts feel free to ask me. Check at your end that your university may have membership. SRM UNIVERSITY WHERE IT IS LOCATED ACTUALLY.

angadala, PVD coatings engineer
- Pune, Maharastra, India

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December 28, 2011

Hi, folks.

My understanding is that nitriding of stainless steel is usually discouraged because it involves depleting the chrome oxide layer on the surface of the stainless steel, whereas it is that chrome oxide layer that imparts the corrosion resistance. However, there is a proprietary process called Kolsterising which reputedly if functional. Please see letter 28871 for more info on these topics, as well as a contrary assertion that stainless steel can be nitrided successfully.

Regards,

Ted Mooney, P.E. finishing.com Brick, New Jersey