CPC C23C 8/66 (2013.01) | 10 Claims |
1. A method for carburizing a steel member, the method comprising:
bringing a carburizing agent into contact with at least a part of a surface of a steel member; and
heating the steel member and the carburizing agent to allow carbon to penetrate into at least a part of the surface,
wherein the carburizing agent contains a Fe-C alloy powder, a graphite powder in an amount of 20% by volume or more and 70% by volume or less relative to a total volume of the carburizing agent, and a binder that binds the Fe-C alloy powder and the graphite powder to each other, and
in the heating, a heating temperature is held for a certain period of time within a temperature range of an austenite region equal to or higher than a eutectic point of the steel member and lower than a peritectic point of the steel member.
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