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Electron Beam Surface Treatment of 316L Austenitic Stainless Steel: Improvements in Hardness, Wear, and Corrosion Resistance

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The present work discusses changes in hardness, wear, and corrosion behavior of electron beam (EB) surface treated (or simply, EB treated) 316L austenitic stainless steel (ASS) vis-à-vis the as-received material. Due to rapid solidification within the EB treated region, a fine dendritic structure develops within the surface and sub-surface of the EB treated material, which accounts for its superior hardness, wear, and corrosion behavior. The surface microhardness of the EB treated material is 22% enhanced than that of the as-received material. The cumulative wear depth of the EB treated material is 77% lower than the as-received material. An improvement in corrosion potential and an order of magnitude reduction in equilibrium corrosion current density are observed following EB treatment. The results of the present study suggest that EB treatment can be effectively used to enhance the surface properties of the selected ASS by microstructural refinement of the surface and sub-surface of the material.

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This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIT) (No. 2020R1A5A6017701). This work was also supported by Upbringing Business with Innovative Urban Public Institutions by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE, Korea) [Project Name: Establishment of Battery/ESS-Based Energy Industry Innovation Ecosystem]. KKS also acknowledges the funding support from Naval Research Board (NRB), India.

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  1. School of Mechanical Engineering, University of Ulsan, Ulsan, 44610, Republic of Korea

    Soumyabrata Basak, Mounarik Mondal & Sung-Tae Hong

  2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering and Technology, Adamas University, Kolkata, West Bengal, 700126, India

    Soumyabrata Basak

  3. Department of Metallurgical Engineering, BIT Sindri, Dhanbad, Jharkhand, 828123, India

    Sumit K. Sharma

  4. Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, 721302, India

    Sumit K. Sharma & Jyotsna Dutta Majumdar

  5. School of Minerals, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, Argul Campus, Jatani, Odisha, 752050, India

    Kisor K. Sahu & Srikant Gollapudi

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Basak, S., Sharma, S.K., Mondal, M. et al. Electron Beam Surface Treatment of 316L Austenitic Stainless Steel: Improvements in Hardness, Wear, and Corrosion Resistance. Met. Mater. Int. 27, 953–961 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12540-020-00773-y

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