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

Low-temperature treatments have become a valuable method for improving the surface
hardness of stainless steels, and thus their tribological properties, without impairing their …

Low-temperature thermochemical treatments are particularly suitable for use in the surface
hardening of austenitic stainless steels without impairing their corrosion resistance. In fact …

It has generally been believed that the formation of the S phase or expanded austenite γ N
with enough thickness depends on the temperature (lower than 480° C) and duration of the …

The formation of a metastable and nitrogen-supersaturated fcc interstitial solid solution layer
on Fe–Cr–Ni austenitic stainless steel at a moderate temperature around 650–720 K is not …

An ultra-thick nitrided layer (> 80 μm) was formed by hot wire enhanced plasma-assisted
nitriding of AISI 316L austenitic stainless steel under the higher pulsed bias to investigate …

The expanded austenite (γ N) produced by low-temperature nitriding of austenitic stainless
steels with a Cr content of 18–20 at% is conventionally regarded as a nitrogen …

In this paper, AISI 304L austenitic stainless steel has been subjected to plasma nitriding at
673 and 681 K lasted for 6, 18, 24, and 36 h. The morphology, microhardness, phase, and …

PIII nitriding was applied to superaustenitic steel to improve wear resistance without
compromising pitting and hydrogen embrittlement corrosion resistance. Nitriding at …

Abstract 2205 duplex stainless steel (2205DSS) was nitrided at 420° C by plasma nitriding
in an ammonia atmosphere under anodic potential. The nitrided layer was characterized …