Austenitic stainless steels are employed in many industrial fields, due to their excellent
corrosion resistance, easy formability and weldability. However, their low hardness, poor …

AISI 316L austenitic stainless steel is widely used in nuclear and chemical industries for
structural components that are submitted to cyclic deformation and stresses. The influence of …

The nature of the near-surface γN phase produced by low-temperature (∼ 400° C) plasma-
assisted nitriding of an austenitic stainless steel 304L is studied. A combination of global …

Crystallographic structure and lattice rotation of the 'expanded'austenite produced by means
of low temperature plasma nitriding is investigated. The microstructure of the nitrogen …

In the present study, the effect of surface mechanical attrition treatment (SMAT) on corrosion
resistance and plasma nitriding behavior of AISI 304L stainless steel (SS) was investigated …

In this work, two types of transition layers (pure Cr and gradient CrN x) were fabricated
between plasma-assisted nitrided (PAN) stainless steel and magnetron sputtering CrN …

While plasma immersion ion implantation (PIII) has shown a remarkable success story in its
development, recently it appears to be stagnating. This review tries to shed some light on the …

Expanded austenite, also known as S phase, m phase or γ N phase forms during low
temperature (< 420° C) nitriding of austenitic materials containing chromium. In this …

Expanded austenite formed by inserting nitrogen into austenitic stainless steel is a puzzling
phase since its discovery about 30 years ago: variable nitrogen concentration correlated …

The surface behaviour of surface mechanical attrition treated (SMATed) and plasma-nitrided
AISI 2205 and AISI 304L steels was investigated in the present study. The intersection of the …