Abstract: A process comprising: placing a boronizing powder composition in the interior of a metal pipe comprising a first end, a second end, an inside surface and an outside surface; heating the pipe in a vessel having an interior, to a temperature from 1400° F. to 1900° F., thereby forming spent boronizing reaction gases and a borided layer on the inside surface, wherein the vessel interior has an atmosphere that surrounds the outside surface of the metal pipe; and flowing the spent boronizing reaction gases into the atmosphere surrounding the outside surface of the pipe, thereby forming an oxygen-depleted atmosphere.

Abstract: A process comprising: placing a boronizing powder composition in the interior of a metal pipe comprising a first end, a second end, an inside surface and an outside surface; heating the pipe in a vessel having an interior, to a temperature from 1400° F. to 1900° F., thereby forming spent boronizing reaction gases and a borided layer on the inside surface, wherein the vessel interior has an atmosphere that surrounds the outside surface of the metal pipe; and flowing the spent boronizing reaction gases into the atmosphere surrounding the outside surface of the pipe, thereby forming an oxygen-depleted atmosphere.

Abstract: A process comprising: placing a boronizing powder composition in a metal pipe comprising a first end, a second end, an inside surface and an outside surface; heating the pipe to form a borided layer on the inside surface, and spent boronizing powder; removing the spent boronizing powder from the pipe, thereby forming an empty boronized pipe; heating the empty boronized pipe to above its austenitizing temperature, thereby forming an austenitized pipe; quenching the austenitized pipe, thereby forming a quenched pipe; tempering the quenched pipe, thereby forming a tempered pipe; and threading the tempered pipe.