Why in liquid carburizing mixture of salts is preferred than single salt?

Sharad Jaiswal
Sharad Jaiswal

Posted On: Jun 14, 2021

 

In the liquid carburizing mixture of salts is preferred over single salt because in the salt bath the carbon to be diffused in the workpiece comes from a molten salt that is a mixture of sodium cyanide (NaCN) and barium chloride (BaCl2) to provide better hardness to the metal surface.

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