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A process for hardening the surface of a metal body in which the surface is first bombarded with ions capable of occupying interstitial sites in its crystal lattice, then a coating of a reactive metal is deposited on the surface, and finally the coating is bombarded with ions which will react with i

A process for hardening the surface of a metal body in which the surface is first bombarded with ions capable of occupying interstitial sites in its crystal lattice, then a coating of a reactive metal is deposited on the surface, and finally the coating is bombarded with ions which will react with it to form a hard material such as a carbide or nitride. The bombardment is continued until the hard material has become embodied in the surface by means of radiation enhanced diffusion.

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A method of modifying the properties of a surface of a metal body, wherein there is included the operations of implanting into the said surface ions of a material capable of occupying interstitial sites in the crystal lattice of the body, so as to harden initially the said surface, depositing onto t

A method of modifying the properties of a surface of a metal body, wherein there is included the operations of implanting into the said surface ions of a material capable of occupying interstitial sites in the crystal lattice of the body, so as to harden initially the said surface, depositing onto the hardened surface a layer of a reactive metal, and subjecting the deposited layer to bombardment with a reactive ion species capable of reacting with the said reactive metal to provide a hard, wear resisting compound, the energy of the reactive ions species initially being such as to cause radiation enhanced diffusion of the metal layer into the substrate and then reduced so as to implant the reactive ion species into the metallic layer to form the said hard, wear resisting compound.