T (in sec) Z(in cm)

0 6.287

1920 6.363

3120 6.455

3780 6.492

Determination of Na
6.55

6.5 y = 6E-05x + 6.2778

R² = 0.9777
6.45
Z (iin cm)

6.4

6.35

6.3

6.25
0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 3000 3500 4000
Time (in sec)

Fig 1: Determination of diffusion flux

%C Hardness fa fp=1-fa

0.2 129.381 0.774 0.226

0.4 163 0.516 0.484

0.6 196.346 0.258 0.742

0.8 230 0 1

Hardness vs % C
250

200
y = 167.6x + 95.881
R² = 1
Hardness

150

100

50

0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9
%C

fa vs %C
0.9

0.8

0.7

0.6

0.5
fa

0.4

0.3

0.2

0.1

0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9
%C
 fp vs %C
1.2

0.8

0.6
fp

0.4

0.2

0
0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9
%C

Hardness vs fp
250

200
Hardness

150

100

50

0
0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1 1.2
fp