Surface Integrity of AISI 52100 Steel during Hard Turning in Different Near-Dry Environments

AISI 52100 hardened bearing steel is popular in many industrial applications due to its excellent wear resistance and high strength. )erefore, a high level of surface integrity of the same is the utmost important requirement to enhance fatigue life. Machining of hardened AISI 52100 steel is difficult because severe plastic deformation and generation of high temperature alter the surface metallurgy of the machined component and hamper the tool life. )e present investigation includes a comparative analysis of surface integrity of AISI 52100 bearing steel during hard turning under different near-dry environments, namely, dry, Minimum Quantity Cooling and Lubrication (MQCL), Compressed Chilled Air by Vortex Tube (CCAVT), andHybrid NanofluidMinimum Quantity Cooling and Lubrication (Hybrid NF-MQCL). Soyabean (a vegetable) oil is used as cutting fluid inMQCL and base fluid in Hybrid NF-MQCL environments. To prepare hybrid nanofluid, two different nanoparticles Al2O3 and MWCNT, are used. )e chilled air is generated through a vortex tube. )e surface integrity of AISI 52100 steel was studied in terms of microhardness, the thickness of the white layer, surface roughness (Ra), and residual stresses. Higher cutting speed and feed show positive and negative correlation on surface integrity of AISI 52100 steel, respectively. Hybrid nanofluid MQCL exhibits the lowest surface roughness (0.34 μm), microhardness (625Hv0.1), compressive residual stresses (−168MPa), and thin white layer (0.9 μm) in contrast, and dry machining shows higher surface roughness, microhardness, tensile residual stress, and thick white layer. In comparison, MQCL and CCAVT are found to be intermediate. It is found that hybrid nanofluid MQCL enhances the overall performance of the machined surface as compared to other near-dry techniques.


Introduction
AISI 52100 is a high quality bearing steel alloy. It is a solution treated hardened low alloy steel, which contains high carbon, chromium, and manganese. e hardness is in the range of 55 to 60 HRC. It shows light tempered martensite, less amount of retained austenite, and primary carbides in the microstructure after hardening. Hence, it exhibits improved mechanical properties such as tensile strength, yield strength, high bulk, and shear modulus properties [1]. AISI 52100 steel poses excellent wear resistance against dynamic loading; therefore, it is extensively used in valve bodies, pumps and fittings, transmission shafts, locomotives, machine tools, tractors, and mining machinery components [2].
However, many industrial applications such as bearing, gauges, and dead centers require a hardened AISI 52100 to improve their wear resistance. e conventional manufacturing processes of these components are the preparation of blanks using forging or casting, annealing to relieve stresses, rough machining, finish machining, hardening, and finish grinding. ese processes require a long processing time resulting in a reduction of productivity and degraded product quality.
us, hard turning with a potential benefit such as shorter setup time, high flexibility, and ability to handle complex geometry is an alternative machining process that replaces the finish machining and finish grinding step for machining of AISI 52100 steel [3].
However, hard turning has different challenges in machining, which are high cutting forces, rapid tool wear, and high cutting zone temperature, which lead to unacceptable surface integrity [4,5]. e surface integrity of the machined components plays a vital role in its functional performance and service life. It is measured in terms of white and dark layers, microstructure alteration, surface roughness, residual stresses, and microhardness [6].
Zhang et al. [7] investigated the mechanism of forming white layer and dark layer in hard machining AISI 52100 steel. ey observed that rapid change in the austenite phase with a quenching effect due to the combined effect of plastic deformation and phase transformations produces a white layer after machining. However, the dark layer was a result of the combined effect of plastic deformation and high temperature on the tempering process. In another study, Zhang et al. [8] examined the effect of flank wear and cutting speed on residual stresses and microstructure of white and dark layers in the hard cutting of AISI 52100 steel using PCBN (Polycrystalline Cubic Boron Nitride) tool. ey found compressive residual stresses in the white layer at low cutting speed, compared to tensile residual stresses in the white layer at high cutting speed. Chaudhari et al. [9] discussed the effect of flank wear on the formation of residual stresses in hard machining of hardened steels, namely, AISI 4319 and AISI 52100. ey encountered the occurrence of higher tensile residual stress with the progression of tool flank wear, which indicates increased heat generation at the work tool interface due to an increase in work tool contact length. While the new cutting edge indicates compressive residual stress due to low heat generation. Jomaa et al. [10] discussed the enhancement of machining induced residual stresses and microstructure of hardened AISI 4340 steel by induction hardening. ey concluded that cutting conditions affect residual stresses distribution; i.e., higher cutting speed (202 m/min) causes tensile residual stresses on the surface. e machinability assessment of coated and uncoated carbide inserted in hard turning of AISI D2 steel was compared by Kumar et al. [11]. e (TiN-TiCN-Al 2 O 3 ) coated carbide tool performed best as compared to the uncoated tool due to the thermal barrier property of Al 2 O 3 and diffusion barrier lubricating property of TiN coating. Sahoo [12] analyzed the surface roughness results of hardened AISI D2 steel in hard turning using a coated carbide tool. He found lowered surface roughness at higher cutting speed, and this is due to the disappearance of BUE formation and the decrease in chip-tool contact length at higher cutting speed. In another study, Sahoo et al. [13] investigated flank wear of PVD TiN coated mixed ceramic insert in hardened steel turning. ey observed abrasion and diffusion wear mechanism on flank face at higher cutting speed and feed. Panda et al. [14] evaluated machinability characteristic surface roughness, tool wear, and chip morphology in hard turning of AISI 52100 steel by multilayered coated carbide tool. ey noticed a sharp rise in surface roughness quality in higher feed rate range, which is due to induced vibration in hard turning process.
However, in dry hard turning of AISI 52100 steel, a high machining temperature is generated at the chip-tool and tool-workpiece interface, which affects the surface integrity.
is high-temperature generation in the machining zone is controlled by applying effective cooling and lubrication. e conventional flood cooling suffers from drawbacks like high processing cost, pollution due to disposal issues, and hazardous fumes to operators. ese issues of flood cooling compel us to use advanced near-dry machining techniques, such as MQL [2], nanofluid MQL [15], and compressed air [16].
However, Bicek et al. [17] compared the machinability of hardened and normalized AISI 52100 steel in dry, flood, and cryogenic cooling conditions using the CBN cutting tool. It was reported that cryogenic cooling shows less white layer thickness with lower microhardness variation in comparison with dry and flood cooling. Umbrello et al. [18] studied the effect of cryogenic cooling on white layer thickness, grain size, residual stresses, surface roughness, and phase transformation in hard turning of AISI 52100 steel using the CBN tool. ey found that cryogenic cooling limits the formation of the white layer and favors the generation of compressive residual stresses in all conditions. Sredanovie et al. [19] investigated hard machining of AISI 52100 steel using a PVD coated carbide tool under high jet pressure cooling. e high jet pressure coolant penetrates deeper and is more focused in the cutting zone, reduces friction, and evacuates chip easily. Hence, they found improvement in tool life and surface roughness in high jet pressure cooling in comparison with the dry cutting environment. Chinchanikar et al. [20] studied the effect of different machining environments on surface roughness produced in turning of hardened AISI 52100 steel. ey found that the lower surface roughness was observed at higher cutting speeds for the coconut oil MQL machining environment due to low friction and low tool wear. Leppert et al. [21] studied the induced residual stresses in turning of AISI 316L steel under dry and MQL environment. e higher tensile residual stresses were observed in the circumferential direction than the axial direction for all environments. MQL environment exhibited lower tensile residual stresses at moderate and higher feed for all cutting speeds.
However, to improve the performance of the process, the role of machining the environment is prominent. From the above studies, it is indicated that more work is carried out by using a super abrasive tool like PCBN, CBN, and ceramic tools. However, low cost, good quality, and updated PVD coated carbide tools are very less discussed. It is also found that there is a lack of knowledge about the significance of near-dry machining environments like CCAVT, MQCL, and Hybrid NF-MQCL on surface integrity. CCAVT is a very effective near-dry technique to use. It consists of only a vortex tube that is operated on compressed air and provides chilled air. Moreover, no experimental study has been reported for the effect of CCAVT, and Hybrid NF-MQCL on surface integrity of harden AISI 52100 bearing steel. erefore, the present study mainly focuses on improving the machined surface-quality using different cutting environments like dry, CCAVT, MQCL, and Hybrid NF-MQCL in relation to cutting speed and feed. Also, the surface integrity attributes, namely, white layer formation, microhardness, residual stresses, and surface roughness, are investigated in hard turning of AISI 52100 steel using coated carbide tool. e detailed experimental theme is shown in Figure 1.

Materials and Methods
In this study, AISI 52100 bearing steel was used as workpiece material; its chemical composition is reported in Table 1. e AISI 52100 steel cylindrical rods of Ø 80 mm and 230 mm long were selected. All rods were austenitized, quenched, and tempered to maintain the average hardness of 55 ± 3 HRC.
A commercially available PVD coated multilayered TiSiN/TiAlN tungsten carbide inserts (Seco make TH1000 Grade) were used in this study. It has a rhombus shape with 80°negative geometries and a 0.8 mm nose radius. is tool inserts with ISO designated geometry CNMG 120408-MF5 were mounted on tool holder PCLNL 2525-M12. All turning tests were performed on CNC lathe (ACE-JOBBER XL). A set of five consecutive cuts in the same position of each 30 mm cutting length was set for each turning trial. Experiments were performed under different near-dry machining environments, namely, dry, CCAVT, MQCL, and Hybrid NF-MQCL. In this study, experiments were designed using a general full factorial method, with an L 9 array (3 2 ) for each machining environment. e selected process parameters and their levels, constant parameters, and response parameters are listed in Table 2. e cutting parameters were selected based on cutting tool manufacturer's data, past literature, and preliminary experiments.
Two experimental setups were designed for CCAVT, and MQCL and Hybrid NF-MQCL machining environments, as shown in Figures 2 and 3. Figure 2 shows the CCAVT environment experimental setup of which vortex tube (Nex Flow ™ Frigid-X ™ ) was used. It is a spot cooling system that produces chilled air in the range of 5°C-10°C. e vortex tube was mounted on the top of the turret using a magnetic fixture. e cold outlet nozzle of the vortex tube was directed towards the rake face of the tool. e flexible hosepipe is used to connect inlet with the compressor. e second experimental setup consists of the Noga Mini Cool MC3000 MQL system, which was used in MQCL and Hybrid NF-MQCL machining environments, as shown in Figure 3. e MQL system produced mist spray of cutting fluid in minimum quantity. e MQL system was mounted on top of the turret using a magnetic fixture. e outlet nozzle of mist oil was directed towards the tool rake face. e oil inlets were dipped in the oil/hybrid nanofluid reservoir, and the air inlet was attached to the compressor using a flexible hosepipe. Soybean oil was used as cutting fluid in the MQCL machining environment, whereas hybrid nanofluid was used in the case of a Hybrid NF-MQCL machining environment. e flow rate of cutting fluid, for soybean oil in MQCL and hybrid nanofluid in Hybrid NF-MQCL, was maintained at 100 ml/hr. e hybrid nanofluid was prepared using the two-step method. Initially, a mixture of Al 2 O 3 nanoparticles (size 50-70 nm) and multiwall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) particles (size 40-60 nm) was added in 100 ml of soybean oil and ultrasonication for 4 hours were carried out. en to maintain the stability of nanofluid, a gum-Arabic surfactant was added and sonicated for 1 hour. e weight percentages of nanoparticles in nanofluid were 0.5% MWCNT and 1% Al 2 O 3, of 100 ml of soybean oil. e surfactant is also added in a weight percentage of 10% of nanoparticles calculated weight.
e surface integrity of the machined surface was analyzed through surface roughness, microhardness, residual stresses, and white layer thickness. But microhardness, residual stresses, and white layer thickness are measured in high cutting parameters (Vc: 200 m/min and f: 0.2 mm/rev) to analyze the effect of cooling and lubrication of the above considered near-dry machining environment on it. Besides, after each experiment, the tool condition was observed in each cutting environment under the Tool Maker microscope (TM-505). e surface roughness of the machined component was measured using surface roughness tester (Mitutoyo: SJ 301) with a cut-off length of 0.8 mm after each experiment. Samples of 10 × 10 × 6 mm size were cut using wire EDM (see Figure 4) to measure microhardness, residual stresses, and thickness of the white layer of the machined surface. e samples were mounted and polished by using the standard procedure to measure microhardness. Additionally, the etching by nital (a mixture of 2-3 ml nitric acid in 100 ml alcohol) etchant for 10 s is carried out to analyze white layer formation. e analysis of the white layer was performed on an FEI Quanta 200 scanning electron microscope. e microhardness was measured at the machined surface, and its beneath, up to 350 μm with 50 μm of the interval, on Vickers microhardness tester (Matsuzawa MTH). e average of three indentations is considered, which was measured in a lateral direction with a spacing of 40 μm, as shown in Figure 4. A load of 0.1 kg was applied for 10 s for all the indentations. e residual stresses of the machined surface were analyzed using X-ray diffraction (XRD) analysis on the Panalytical diffractometer (Model: X′ Pert Pro, X-ray tube with Cu target with the wavelength of 1.54184Å, X-ray generator: 40 kV & 30 mA/45 kV & 40 mA). Figure 4 shows the sample size and its preparation for the measurement of residual stress. e circumferential residual stresses parallel to the cutting direction were considered for Advances in Materials Science and Engineering the analysis, as shown in Figure 4. After that, a prepared sample was mounted on an X-ray diffractometer for biaxial residual stress measurement. e sin 2 ψ method was used to measure the residual stress of machined surfaces. e properties used for the calculation were Poisson's ratio of 0.27 and Young's modulus of 201 GPa [1]. e Cu-Kα was used as a source for residual stress measurement, along with a (2, 2, 0) plane, and a diffraction angle (2θ) of 135°was considered. Figure 5 reported the surface roughness (R a ) values for different cutting environments. It is observed that surface roughness is directly proportional to feed. e highest R a value of 2.4 μm was found in the dry machining environment, whereas the lowest value of 1.2 μm was obtained in Hybrid NF-MQCL for feed 0.2 mm/rev. e Hybrid NF-MQCL environment exhibits lower surface roughness as compared to the other cutting environments, as can be seen from Figure 5. e Al 2 O 3 enriched nanofluid is popular in MQCL machining due to its ball-bearing effect, which reduces the coefficient of friction between sliding contact surfaces [22]. e MWCNT nanoparticle enhances thermal conductivity as well as the fluidity of base fluid [23]. e hybridization of Al 2 O 3 and MWCNT nanoparticle enhances thermal connectivity, fluidity, and lubrication properties of base fluid [24,25].

Surface Roughness.
is combination of MWCNT and Al 2 O 3 nanoparticles in a base oil produces the billions of nanosized quasispherical rolling elements, which possess a porous sheet structure on tool and workpiece [23,24,26]. Hence, the Hybrid NF-MQCL possesses the lowest coefficient of friction in between work tool and tool-chip than other environments. erefore, it reduces tool flank wear effectively and gives a better surface finish; it is shown in Figure 6(d). However, in the case of dry turning, there is direct contact of tool and workpiece, which causes more severe wear (see Figure 6(a)). Also, this high friction causes the generation of high heat generation, which results in a high-temperature rise in the cutting zone. is high heat generation tool may change its shape, which results in an increase in surface roughness in case of a dry environment. Surface roughness values observed in the case of MQCL and CCAVT are higher than the Hybrid NF-MQCL and lower than the dry environment. However, R a value for CCAVT is higher than that for MQCL. is is because CCAVT provides only cooling effect (due to forced convection) by supplying chilled air.
e MQCL system exhibits cooling (due to evaporation mechanism) as well as lubrication (injection method) phenomenon through base oil [27], which results in less tool wear. e surface roughness decreased with an increase in cutting speed. is phenomenon occurs because at higher cutting speed, the cutting zone temperature rises which leads to thermal softening of material [21]. Besides, with increasing the cutting speed, the time available for the chip to stick to the tool decreases. is results in less tendency for built-up edge formation, and hence the lowered surface roughness was observed.
However, the surface topography plays an essential role in primary estimation for the functional life of the components. e surface roughness values obtained in different machining environments (Figures 5(a)-5(c)) is evidenced by surface topography analysis of machined surface through SEM images (Figures 7(a)-7(d)) obtained in the respective machining environments at Vc: 200 m/min and f: 0.2 mm/ rev. However, Figure 7(a) reveals highly rough surface topography for dry machining.
is indicates that surface topography observed under dry machining environment shows the feed marks, side flow, debris particles, and cracks on the machined surface. It results in increased surface roughness. However, Figures 7(b) and 7(c) show the machined surface topography observed under MQCL and  e feed marks were found in these surfaces due to tool path movement, whereas the high temp effect gives out cracks, side flows, and debris particles. Figure 7(d) indicates surface topography under hybrid NF-MQCL, which shows only feed marks and small cracks.

Microhardness.
e microhardness values of the machined surface and subsurface, for all near-dry cutting environments, are shown in Figure 8. Microhardness of the machined surface was found to be increased compared to the unmachined surface (595 Hv 0.1 ) for all the machining environments. e highest microhardness value (700 Hv 0.1 ) was observed for dry turning, whereas the lowest value (625 Hv 0.1 ) was obtained for Hybrid NF-MQCL. e dry environment exhibited the highest values of microhardness compared to the other cutting environments. e direct contact of tool and workpiece produces higher friction, which causes higher temperature generation and, subsequently, high flank wear. Since AISI 52100 is hard, which requires high cutting force for material removal [28], hence     it generates high cutting temperatures at higher cutting speed. is generated temperature reached and exceed its austenization level. e simultaneously high cooling rate occurred due to bulk material temperature difference. ese phenomena are responsible for strain hardening of the machined surface [29]; therefore, it increases the hardness of the machined surface.
In the case of CCAVT, machined surface hardness was found to be lower than the dry environment. e chilled air reduces the cutting temperature in the machining zone due to forced convection mechanism [27]. e reduction in temperature slows down the austenization level of the machined surface, which may produce lowered microhardness than the dry environment. Furthermore, microhardness was found to be lower in MQCL and Hybrid NF-MQCL. In MQCL, a small pressurized quantity of fluid impinges on the flank and rake face of the tool, which removes machining heat in evaporative mode [27]. is reduced cutting temperature in the machining zone lowers the austenization level temperature as well as the cooling rate of the machined surface to a notable extent. is would delay the strain hardening over the machined surface and leads to lowered microhardness. Moreover, in the case of Hybrid NF-MQCL, the lowest microhardness was observed as compared to other cutting environments. e Hybrid NF-MQCL is a combination of MWCNT, Al 2 O 3 , and base oil. e MWCNT possesses high thermal conductivity, whereas Al 2 O 3 exhibits lubrication in the tool-workpiece interface. ese combined properties reduce friction and improve the cooling in the machining zone, thereby reducing the temperature generation. is significantly decreases the cooling rate in the machined surface and concurrently lessens the effect of austenization level (A 1 ) of the machined surface. Substantially, it lowers the strain-hardening phenomenon over the machined surface. It causes, softens surface topography, which exhibits lowered microhardness. However, the effects of temperature and stresses were decreased with the increase in depth below the surface. Characteristically, machining zones reformed as the heat sink, due to its high heat generation. e machined surface gets affected due to localized heating and primary contact with the heat generated. With increasing depth beneath the surface, the intensity of the temperature decreases to the equilibrium temperature of bulk material, and hence it lowers microstructure alterations [30]. erefore, microhardness was found to be reduced beneath the surface, as shown in Figure 7. e reduction rate of microhardness beneath the surface is different in every machining environment. It is 1.83% for dry, 1.89 for CCAVT, 2.96% for MQL, and 3.1% for hybrid NF-MQCL.

Residual Stresses.
e comparative effect of induced residual stresses for machined surfaces in different machining environments is shown in Figure 9, which is corroborated in Figures 10(a)-10(e). Figure 10 shows XRD plots for different machining environments. It shows sin 2 ψ vs. d spacing plots, which mainly represents the correlation between surface residual stresses with d spacing [31,32]. is also represents magnitude and direction residual stresses (normal stress in the plot) for unmachined, dry, CCAVT, MQCL, and Hybrid NF-MQCL machined surface by  [21,33] in hard turning of AISI 304 and AISI 52100 steel, respectively. e dry machining exhibits tensile residual stresses; it is due to the   Advances in Materials Science and Engineering impartment of the strain (Figure 10(b)) because the applied mechanical forces generate mechanical stress and high temperature. Tensile residual stresses is observed due to dominant thermal effects [21]. is is due to the longer interaction distance of the tool and workpiece owing to wear, leading to higher friction, which causes more heat in the machining zone [33]. Also, higher hardness promotes the strain-hardening phenomenon [34].
is combined effect increases temperature generation in the cutting region, which results in higher tensile residual stresses. Consequently, it increases the stresses on the surface. In contrast, the Hybrid NF-MQCL environment gives lowered surface residual stresses. It is because of the excellent coolant and lubrication properties of Hybrid NF-MQCL. e presence of MWCNT removes heat significantly, and Al 2 O 3 exhibits better lubrication in the tool and workpiece zone due to its low coefficient of friction [24,35].
is combined effect lowers the friction and temperature between tool-workpiece and tool-chip interface. It reduces the forces and stresses to be generated, which decreases the strain impartment on the surface. erefore, it shows compressive stresses. Moreover, MQCL is more effective than CCAVT, which lowers the machining zone temperature. e MQCL produces oil film in between tool and workpiece, which reduces the temperature in the cutting zone leads to minimization tool wear.
at may control heat generations in the machining zone and reduce the contact of the tool. erefore, reduced thermal effects give a lower generation of residual stresses. Besides, CCAVT carries away generated heat continuously with the help of chilled air. is is just a sufficient method to slow down the heat generation process of the machining zone apart from controlling tool wear. erefore, surface residual stresses were encountered to be lower than the dry machining.

White Layer Formation.
Characteristically, white layers are brittle, hard, and inherently associated with tensile residual stressed untampered martensite phase transformed layer and have significance in the reduction of functional life of the machined components. Figures 11(a)-11(d) show white layer formations with their thickness for different machining environments, such a dry, CCAVT, MQCL, and Hybrid NF-MQCL, respectively. e average thickness values of the white layer were found to be 3.9, 2.5, 1.9, and 0.9 μm for the order mentioned above, respectively. In dry machining, the white layer formation is associated with (i) rapid heating and quenching of the material, (ii) plastic flow (strain hardening), and (iii) surface reaction [30]. Hard turning was carried out at high speed, which is responsible for intense heat generation at the cutting zone.
is workpiece material temperature in the cutting edge region exceeds the temperature of A 1 transformation. Its consequences are α-c phase transformation energies on the surface. Subsequently, the low temperature of bulk material triggers the heat transmission from higher to lower temperature regions for the rapid cooling rate, which was sufficient for the development of the martensitic structure [29]. is leads to the initiation of the surface hardening process. Simultaneously, the contact length of tool and workpiece material (tool wear) causes undesirable friction and pressure that could be attributed to the high friction coefficient [33,37].
is may produce high mechanical cutting forces in the surface layer causing high tool-workpiece contact temperature. is incites the strain hardening process in the surface layers; it imparts strain in the machined surface. Besides, carbide coated tools diffuse the carbon content to the machined layer. e generated A 1 transformation temperature is just sufficient to trigger the carbon diffusion process. It possibly deposits and embeds a carbon-rich cluster over the machined surface. e carbides over in the machined surface layer may create a hardened structure, which significantly increases the hardness of the surface layer [38]. Concurrently, in the machining zone, rapid heating and quenching occurred due to different temperatures between the machined surface and bulk material, which results in martensitic structure formation [39]. ese cumulative mechanisms cause the microstructure alterations by martensitic phase transformation. All these phenomena lead to the formation of fine martensitic structure, which turns into a white layer.

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However, Figures 11(b) and 11(c) show 2.5 μm and 1.9 μm thick white layer under CCAVT and MQCL machining environments, respectively. As noted, high machining temperature is responsible for white layer formation. e application of these environments, such as CCAVT, carried away generated heat by chilled air, whereas MQCL effectively and efficiently lowers heat generation from the machining zone. ese processes exhibit their competency by lessening the heat effect on the machined surface. is lower impact of temperature and, therefore, the reduced white layer were observed. Contradictorily, Hyb-NF-MQCL shows a significant reduction in white layer thickness to 0.9 μm, as shown in Figure 11(d). e mixture of MWCNT and Al 2 O 3 nanoparticles in base oil effectively lowers heat generation in the machining zone and reduces the friction phenomenon in between chip-tool interaction. e MWCNT poses with good heat conductivity, carrying away generated heat from the machining zone, whereas Al 2 O 3 works excellent solid lubricant by reducing the frictional phenomenon.
is combined effect lessens the generated heat intensity of the machining zone, which does not pose the austenization level (A 1 ) temperature. Hence, the temperature difference between the worked surface and bulk material is lower, which reduces the cooling rate due to  insufficient rapid heating and quenching of the material. Concurrently, lowered strain hardening, and surface reactions were observed. is ultimately leads to a reduction in white layer formation.

Conclusions
In this study, the following conclusions are drawn: (1) Different machining environments influence the surface integrity of AISI52100 steel in hard turning. e Hybrid NF-MQCL showed better surfacequality as compared to other near-dry cutting environments.
(2) e highest R a value, 1.8 μm, was obtained in dry, whereas the lowest value of 0.34 μm was obtained for Hybrid NF-MQCL. e results show that R a values were found to be improved by 34% for Hybrid NF-MQCL, 26% for MQL, and 20% for CCAVT as compared to dry machining environments. is is because of the high friction and tool wear observed in dry environments, whereas Hybrid NF-MQCL was associated with low friction and tool wear.
(3) It is found that microhardness of the machined surface and subsurface was increased. Hybrid NF-MQCL exhibited 8.5% reduction in the microhardness (625 Hv 0.1 ) compared to the dry machined surface. e CCAVT and MQCL showed 3% and 5% reduction in the microhardness as compared to dry. It is due to the cooling and lubrication effect on the cutting zone, which influences the machining temperature and strain-hardening rate. (4) Hybrid NF-MQCL lower compressive residual stresses in the machined surface, whereas the dry machining environment imparts high tensile residual stresses. CCAVT and MQL machining environments produce 58% and 93% less tensile residual stresses as compared to dry machining environment. is is because of the high temperature, and plastic deformation gives the strain in the atomic structure. In contrast, Hybrid NF-MQCL possesses low cutting temperature and plastic deformation, that is, lower residual stresses. (5) e high white layer thickness was obtained for dry environment whereas low for Hybrid NF-MQCL. Hybrid NF-MQCL lowers the tool wear, which reduces the temperature and friction in the cutting zone, and hence a thin white layer is obtained. e dry machined surface shows a thicker white layer due to low cooling and lubrication, whereas Hybrid NF-MQCL lowers the tool wear, which reduces the temperature and friction in cutting zone and hence the thin white layer.
Data Availability e data of this study can be available from the corresponding author upon request.
Additional Points e study is not considered parametric analysis which may be a future scope.

Conflicts of Interest
e authors declare no conflicts of interest.