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  1. São Carlos School of Engineering, University of São Paulo, São Carlos, SP, Brazil

    Luiz Carlos Casteletti

  2. Federal Technological, University of Parana-Londrina, Londrina, PR, Brazil

    Amadeu Lombardi Neto

  3. G.E. Totten & Associates, LLC, Seattle, WA, USA

    George E Totten

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This is a preview chapter from the recently published volume Heat Treating of Irons and Steels, Volume 4D, ASM Handbook, Jon Dossett and George Totten, editors.

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Casteletti, L.C., Neto, A.L. & Totten, G.E. Nitriding of Stainless Steels. Metallogr. Microstruct. Anal. 3, 477–508 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13632-014-0170-4

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