Abstract
To improve the performance of stainless steel, we subjected solid-state steel to a nitrogen absorption treatment. In the fabrication process, a commercially available high-chromium ferritic stainless steel (Fe-22Cr-1Mo) was heat-treated at 1423 K in a nitrogen atmosphere. The heat-treatment transformed the ferric phase into the austenite phase. This process loaded over 1 mass% of nitrogen into the steel material. Most of the added nitrogen formed a solid solution in the matrix, but a minor portion formed nitrides with the very small quantities of elements such as titanium and aluminum that pre-existed in the steel. The nitrogen-containing steels were then analyzed by pitting potential measurements and ferric chloride corrosion examination. The pitting corrosion resistance of Fe-22Cr-1Mo-1N exceeded that of conventional materials such as Fe-18Cr-12Ni and Fe-22Cr-1Mo. However in the ferric chloride corrosion tests, pits developed in Fe-22Cr-1Mo-1N at temperatures above 323 K. These pits were possibly initiated at the sites of minute nitride resulting from the nitrogen absorption process.
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