Structure and short-term creep resistance of alloy TsM2A after nitriding

Conclusions Internal intriding of the alloy TsM2A at 1500–1700°C causes particles of the strengthening phase ZrN, 0.0425–0.0640 m in size, to appear in the structure of the alloy. Such treatment makes it possible to increase short-term creep resistance at 1500°C by 2–2.5 orders of magnitude, and to increase the microhardness of the alloy to H 280–340.Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys. Translated from Metallovedenie i Termicheskaya Obrabotka Metallov, No. 2, pp. 29–31, February, 1983.