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ion nitriding, plasma nitriding
1. A process of surface hardening by diffusion of nitrogen ions primaily into steel.
2. A vacuum glow discharge technique of nitriding or the diffusion of nitrogen into alloy steel to form hard nitrides in the surface layer (typically 250µm).

Performed at between 500 and 750 degrees Centigrade from a gas, salt bath, or plasma glow discharge.

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