The properties of AISI 316L steel after surface treatment with Ti surface alloy and a-C:H:SiOx coating

Abstract

The paper presents the research results of corrosion and mechanical properties of the AISI 316L stainless steel after the surface treatment. This treatment includes the formation of the titanium-based surface alloy provided by the low-energy high-current electron beam. The obtained surface alloy used as an underlayer, is then coated with the a-C:H:SiOx film using the PACVD method. It is shown that such a combined treatment of the steel surface improves its corrosion resistance, i. e., reduces the current density from 110-7 to 910-10 A/cm2 and corrosion rate from 1.110-3 to 9.310-6 mm/year. The resulted modified steel surface possesses high mechanical and tribological properties