Corrosion Resistance of Low-Temperature and Conventional Plasma-Nitrided 410S Ferritic-Martensitic Stainless Steels

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Low-temperature plasma nitriding (LTPN) of 410S ferritic-martensitic stainless steel was carried out in a 75 % N2 – 25 % H2 gas mixture, at 400°C, for 20 h. Conventional plasma nitriding (CPN) was also carried out in the same atmosphere but at 530°C. The corrosion resistance was assessed by potentiodynamic polarization (PP) testing in 3.5-wt. % NaCl. Measuring of the mass loss was carried out after immersion of the specimens in a 3 % FeCl3 solution during 88 h. To define the sensitivity to intergranular corrosion, the degree of sensitization (DOS) was measured using the double-loop electrochemical PP technique (DL-EPR). DL-EPR results indicated that the potentiodynamic-polarization measurements showed that pitting corrosion resistance of the nitrided samples was enhanced, whereas the weight loss experiments showed that LTPN samples presented a corrosion resistance equal to the untreated samples. The DOS results displayed that the untreated samples were less resistant to intergranular corrosion correlated with the LTPN specimens. On the contrary, the CPN specimens exhibited typical behavior of general corrosion.
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  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (315861/2018-5)
  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (315861/2018-5)

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