A practical selection guide to help engineers and technicians choose the most efficient surface hardening techniques that offer consistent and repeatable results.Contents : - Preface - Chapter 1: Process selection guide - Chapter 2: Gas carburizing - Chapter 3: Vacuum and plasma carburizing - Chapter 4: Pack and liquid carburizing - Chapter 5: Carbonitriding - Chapter 6: Nitriding - Chapter 7: Nitrocarburizing - Chapter 8: Boriding - Chapter 9: Thermal diffusion process - Chapter 10: Surface hardening by applied energy - Chapter 11: Surface hardening by coating or surface modification - Appendix 1: Iron-carbon phase diagram - Appendix 2: Austenitizing temperatures for steels - Appendix 3: Hardness conversion tables - Subject index - Alloy Index