A Study on the Effect of the Boron Potential on the Mechanical Properties of the Borided Layers Obtained by Boron Diffusion at the Surface of AISI 316L Steel

Table 4

Behavior of the hardness and Young’s modulus of the FeB and Fe₂B phases as a function of the boron potential represented by the inner diameter of the samples.

Sample number	Inner diameter of the samples	HV (GPa)		(GPa)
	(mm)	FeB	Fe2B	FeB	Fe2B
1	3.17	21.02 ± 2.7	16.22 ± 3.7	338.98 ± 24.4	255.96 ± 22.8
2	4.76	20.47 ± 1.7	16.65 ± 3.1	336.46 ± 23.2	263.76 ± 18.8
3	6.35	20.95 ± 3.4	17.73 ± 3.4	337.78 ± 19.9	279.38 ± 24.7
4	7.93	21.16 ± 2.6	18.18 ± 2.9	341.37 ± 22.3	298.92 ± 27.9