In this study the effects of low temperature plasma nitriding on the characteristics of different austenitic stainless steels, CrNi-based (AISI 304L and AISI 316L) and CrMn-based (AISI 202), were compared. Samples were nitrided at 400 and 430 °C, at 1000 Pa for 5 h, and their microstructure, phase composition, microhardness and corrosion resistance were evaluated. The characteristics of modified surface layers depended on both treatment parameters and alloy composition. For all the steels modified surface layers had a double layer microstructure. In the outer modified layer, mainly consisting of S phase, deformation (or shear) bands were observed in the grains, and nitrogen induced h.c.p. martensite, epsilon’N, formed. The tendency to form shear bands and epsilon’N was higher for AISI 202 samples, and decreased for AISI 304L and then for AISI 316L ones, influencing the modified layer thickness. When nitriding was performed at 430 °C, nitrides formed, and their amount was affected by steel composition. Nitriding treatments allowed to markedly increase surface microhardness and corrosion resistance, in comparison with the untreated alloys. When nitrides did not form, as for the 400-°C nitrided samples, the corrosion behaviour of the considered steels was comparable. Nitride precipitation affected corrosion resistance, increasing corrosion phenomena.

Low temperature nitriding of AISI 300 and 200 series austenitic stainless steels / Borgioli, Francesca; Galvanetto, Emanuele; Bacci, Tiberio. - In: VACUUM. - ISSN 0042-207X. - STAMPA. - 127:(2016), pp. 51-60. [10.1016/j.vacuum.2016.02.009]

Low temperature nitriding of AISI 300 and 200 series austenitic stainless steels

BORGIOLI, FRANCESCA
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GALVANETTO, EMANUELE;BACCI, TIBERIO
2016

Abstract

In this study the effects of low temperature plasma nitriding on the characteristics of different austenitic stainless steels, CrNi-based (AISI 304L and AISI 316L) and CrMn-based (AISI 202), were compared. Samples were nitrided at 400 and 430 °C, at 1000 Pa for 5 h, and their microstructure, phase composition, microhardness and corrosion resistance were evaluated. The characteristics of modified surface layers depended on both treatment parameters and alloy composition. For all the steels modified surface layers had a double layer microstructure. In the outer modified layer, mainly consisting of S phase, deformation (or shear) bands were observed in the grains, and nitrogen induced h.c.p. martensite, epsilon’N, formed. The tendency to form shear bands and epsilon’N was higher for AISI 202 samples, and decreased for AISI 304L and then for AISI 316L ones, influencing the modified layer thickness. When nitriding was performed at 430 °C, nitrides formed, and their amount was affected by steel composition. Nitriding treatments allowed to markedly increase surface microhardness and corrosion resistance, in comparison with the untreated alloys. When nitrides did not form, as for the 400-°C nitrided samples, the corrosion behaviour of the considered steels was comparable. Nitride precipitation affected corrosion resistance, increasing corrosion phenomena.
2016
127
51
60
Borgioli, Francesca; Galvanetto, Emanuele; Bacci, Tiberio
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