PDF 1, ChungChun Wu 1,* and Adel Shaaban 2 MDPI
showed that the addition of dog conch shell powder (DCSP) improved the carbon content of SCM 420 from wt% to wt% given a carburizing temperature of 950 C and a DCSP content of 40%. Moreover, the surface hardness increased from HV to HV following quenching. However, the study only considered a carburizing