Abstract
The effect of nitrogen alloying on the pitting corrosion resistance of duplex and austenitic stainless steels has been examined. In order to avoid alteration of the phase ratio as a result of nitrogen alloying of the duplex steels, a simultaneous decrease has been made in the nickel content. Austenitic alloys of compositions corresponding to the austenite phase of the duplex steels have been investigated and compared to the behaviour of austenitic steels in which the nitrogen content or the nickel content alone has been varied. Nitrogen has a beneficial effect on pitting and crevice corrosion resistance in all cases but the duplex stainless steel exhibit a lower resistance to pitting and a higher resistance to crevice corrosion than predicted from the austenite nitrogen content.
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