“…[5][6][7] Hardfacing is a metal deposition process where harder or tougher substrate materials are deposited on relatively softer base materials to increase the service life of components working in harsh conditions like high temperature, heavy wear, and corrosion. 8,9 The primary basis of applying hardfacing is to impart wear and corrosion resistance to metal surfaces by providing a hard substrate layer. 10 Some of the application areas of hardfacing include extruding machine screws, valves, valve seats of internal combustion engines, accessories for ships, petroleum equipment, power generation, cutting tools, equipment for mining, crushing, rolling, road building, tunneling, molds, forging dies, parts for nuclear plants, parts for chemical plants and many more.…”