Nitrided materials

摘要

Nitrided cutting tool materials having excellent wear and abrasion resistance. Such materials consist essentially of an alloy base of (a) one or more metals of the group columbium and vanadium and sometimes tantalum; (b) hafnium; (c) one or more metals of the group molybdenum, tungsten, rhenium and chromium; and (d) optionally titanium and/or zirconium, all in amounts by weight as are set out in this specification. These alloys are formable to shape and are then nitrided to produce a nitrided gradient in a high hardness surface zone.