PT Journal
AU Faltejsek, P
   Joska, Z
   Pokorny, Z
   Dobrocky, D
   Studeny, Z
TI Effect of Nitriding on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Stainless Steels
SO Manufacturing Technology Journal
PY 2019
BP 745
EP 748
VL 19
IS 5
DI 10.21062/ujep/365.2019/a/1213-2489/MT/19/5/745
DE austenitic stainless steel; plasma nitriding; microhardness; metallography
AB Austenitic stainless steels are common spread in many industries. Plasma nitriding is one of the few technologies that allows surface modification of austenitic stainless steels. In this study, a plasma nitriding method to form a hard surface layer at two different austenitic steels AISI 302 and AISI 316L. The surface morphology, chemical composition and mechanical properties of the formed layers were described and the results were compared with each other. The formed nitrided layers on both steels created a uniform multi-phase layer which was characterized by high hardness and very good abrasion resistance.
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