Oxide Films on Stainless Steels

Y Studies on Austenitic Stainless Steels

Abstract--In this investigation, the fracture surfaces of SS 304 and SS 316 austenitic steels were analysed using the X-ray fractography technique. In both cases, a decrease in the austenite content was observed at the fracture surface as a result of deformation induced martensite, indicating a linear relation with Km~ within the stable crack growth region. The presence of this martensite was f...

Low-Temperature Carburization of Austenitic Stainless Steels

LOW-TEMPERATURE CARBURIZATION is a gaseous carburization process performed at atmospheric pressure, at temperatures where the kinetics of substitutional diffusion are very slow. Low-temperature carburization hardens the surface of austenitic stainless steels through the diffusion of interstitial carbon, without the formation of carbides. The surface must be activated, by modification and remova...

Study on Oxidation of Stainless Steels During Hot Rolling

The oxidation of stainless steels 304 and 304L during hot rolling is studied in this paper. Results show the oxide scale thickness decreases significantly with an increase of reduction, and the oxide scales of both 304 and 304L stainless steels were found more deformable than the steel substrate. Surface roughness shows a complicated transfer during the hot rolling process due to the complexity...

Tensile Tests on Stainless Steels in Temperature Range

In real conditions, austenitic stainless steels solidify in non equilibrium and a two phases microstructure of austenite and ferrite is formed 1 . The aim of this work was to investigate the behaviour of both phases at tensile testing, especially to find out an eventual difference in the relaxation of the deformation energy and the effect of the two phases microstructure in workability. To achi...

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