STEEL MEMBER HAVING NITROGEN COMPOUND LAYER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME

摘要

[Problems] To provide a process for production wherein a compound layer formed on a surface of an iron and steel material by nitriding treatment is prevented from being oxidized by induction quenching, so that unevenness in film thickness between different portions of an oxidization-inhibiting film may not easily occur, with the result that a nitrogen-containing compound layer obtained after high-frequency heating may uniformly remain. [Means for solving] A process for duplex heat treatment of combined nitriding treatment and induction quenching treatment on an iron and steel material, further comprising a chemical conversion treatment step for forming a chemical conversion film on a nitrogen compound layer formed on the iron and steel material by the nitriding treatment, after the nitriding treatment and before the induction quenching treatment.