A Proposal for Partial Financial Support for an International Meeting on Surface Hardening of Stainless Steel; Materials Park, OH; October 22-23, 2007

技术支持：近年来，使用各种低温渗碳和氮化技术已经实现了令人印象深刻的不锈钢表面硬化。尽管该领域的商业活动正在萌芽，但认识到各种不锈钢的摩擦学性能可以显著改善，而其他性能不会严重退化，但在美国尚未获得普遍的工业认可。此外，除了2000年在日本举行的一次小型会议外，这一主题也没有受到学术材料界的重视，特别是在美国。会议将于2007年10月22日和23日在凯斯校园举行; ASM国际公司位于俄亥俄州材料公园的凯斯校园约20英里处，将为与会者处理宣传、登记、住宿等后勤细节。会议由NSF、TMS、ONR和世伟洛克共同主办。除了豪雅表之外，项目委员会还包括G. M. Michal，F. Ernst和H. CWRU的Kahn; S. R.柯林斯和P.C.世伟洛克的威廉姆斯; M. A.丹麦技术大学的J.索默斯和法国普瓦捷大学的J. P.里维埃。豪雅和柯林斯分别担任主席和联席主席。非技术性：除了改进的摩擦学性能外，奥氏体不锈钢（如316 L）的耐疲劳性和耐腐蚀性通过低温渗碳得到显著改善，而对部件的延展性基本上没有影响。由于这些进展，以及许多潜在的工业应用（“低挂水果”）的存在，本次会议的重大影响将是引起相关工业界对这些重要进展的关注。同样，也有许多学术研究的机会。单相奥氏体固溶体含有超过10at%的间隙碳（包括奥氏体不锈钢在室温下是铁磁性的可能性）的认识表明了许多有趣的物理冶金和固态物理研究课题。NSF申请的资金将用于抵消参与者的费用，特别是美国大学的研究生、博士后研究员和初级教师的费用。将向美国的所有材料部门主席发送一封电子邮件，通知他们存在出席会议的旅行/登记奖学金，并指出将优先向妇女和其他代表人数不足的少数群体提供这些奖学金。预计这次会议将是关于这一主题的三年期ASM/TMS系列会议的第一次会议。成功的谈判现已结束，有一些演示文稿作为一个组提交同行评审，并最终在一个单一的问题大都会。Trans. A.

TECHNICAL: In recent years, impressive surface hardening of stainless steels has been achieved using a variety of low temperature carburization and nitridation technologies. In spite of the budding commercial activity in this field, recognition that tribological properties of a variety of stainless steels can be significantly improved and without serious degradation in other properties has not garnered general industrial recognition in the USA. Furthermore, with the exception of one small meeting in Japan in 2000, this topic has also not received much attention from the academic materials community, particularly in the U.S. In view of this, Case Western Reserve University would host and sponsor an International Conference on Surface Hardening of Stainless Steel, on behalf of the ASM Heat Treatment Society. The meeting will be held on the Case campus on October 22 and 23, 2007; ASM International, located ~20 miles from the Case campus in Materials Park, Ohio, will handle the logistical details of publicity, registration, lodgings, etc. for participants. The meeting is co-sponsored by NSF, TMS, ONR, and Swagelok. The Program Committee, in addition to Heuer, includes G. M. Michal, F. Ernst, and H. Kahn of CWRU; S. R. Collins and P. C. Williams of Swagelok; M. A. J. Somers of the Technical University of Denmark; and J. P. Riviere of the University of Poitiers, France. Heuer and Collins are Chair and Co-Chair, respectively. NON-TECHNICAL: In addition to the improved tribological properties, both the fatigue resistance and corrosion resistance of austenitic stainless steels such as 316L are dramatically improved by low temperature carburization, with essentially no impact on component ductility. Because of these advances, and the existence of many potential industrial applications ('low hanging fruit'), a significant impact of this conference will be to bring the existence of these important advances to the attention of the relevant industrial community. In a similar vein, there are many opportunities for academic research. The recognition that single phase austenitic solid solutions containing more than 10 at % interstitial carbon (including the possibility of austenitic stainless steels that are ferromagnetic at room temperature) suggests a host of interesting physical metallurgy and solid state physics research topics. The funds requested from NSF will be used to offset participant costs, particularly for graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty from U.S. universities. An email letter will be sent to all Chairs of Materials departments in the U.S., advising them of the existence of travel/registration scholarships to attend the meeting and noting that preference will be given in awarding these scholarships to women and other under-represented minorities. It is anticipated that this meeting will be the first in a triennial ASM/TMS series on this topic. Successful negotiations have now been concluded to have some of the presentations submitted as a group for peer-review and eventual publication in a single issue of Met. Trans. A.