Part One: Fundamentals 1. Thermodynamics and kinetics of gas and gas-solid reactions 2. Kinetics of thermochemical surface treatments 3. Process technologies for thermochemical surface engineering Part Two: Improved materials performance 4. Fatigue resistance of carburized and nitrided steels 5. Tribological behaviour of thermochemically surface engineered steels 6. Corrosion behaviour of nitrided, nitrocarburised and carburised steels Part Three: Nitriding, nitrocarburizing and carburizing 7. Nitriding of binary and ternary iron-based alloys 8.

Development of the compound layer during nitriding and nitrocarburising of iron and iron-carbon alloys 9. Austenitic nitriding and nitrocarburizing of steels 10. Classical nitriding of heat treatable steel 11. Plasma-assisted nitriding and nitrocarburizing of steel and other ferrous alloys 12. ZeroFlow gas nitriding of steels 13. Carburizing of steels Part Four: Low temperature carburizing and nitriding 14. Low temperature surface hardening of stainless steel 15. Gaseous processes for low temperature surface hardening of stainless steel 16.

Plasma-assisted processes for surface hardening of stainless steel 17. Applications of low-temperature surface hardening of stainless steels Part Five: Dedicated thermochemical surface engineering methods 18. Boriding to improve the mechanical properties and corrosion resistance of steels 19. The thermo-reactive deposition and diffusion process for coating steels to improve wear resistance 20. Sherardizing: corrosion protection of steels by zinc diffusion coatings 21. Aluminizing of steel to improve high temperature corrosion resistance 22. Duplex Treatment.