RT Journal Article T1 Microstructure and wear behavior of DC-pulsed plasma nitrided AISI 316L austenitic stainless steel A1 De Las Heras, Evangelina A1 Santamaria, Daniel González A1 García-Luis, Alberto A1 Cabo, Amado A1 Brizuela, Marta A1 Ybarra, Gabriel A1 Mingolo, Norma A1 Brühl, Sonia A1 Corengia, Pablo AB Austenitic stainless steel are used in industrial applications, mainly due to their good corrosion resistance; however, their low hardness and poor wear performance impose strong limitations in many cases. In this work, the wear behavior of the unnitrided and DC-pulsed plasma nitrided AISI 316L stainless steel has been investigated using an Amsler-Disc-Machine under rolling-sliding contact conditions. The microstructure was studied by X-ray diffraction and the worn surface, subsurface, and wear debris were analyzed by optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and microhardness testing. The obtained results show that pulsed plasma nitriding improves the wear resistance of the AISI 316L and different wear mechanisms were observed depending on the normal applied load. SN 1612-8850 YR 2007 FD 2007 LK https://hdl.handle.net/11556/3795 UL https://hdl.handle.net/11556/3795 LA eng NO De Las Heras , E , Santamaria , D G , García-Luis , A , Cabo , A , Brizuela , M , Ybarra , G , Mingolo , N , Brühl , S & Corengia , P 2007 , ' Microstructure and wear behavior of DC-pulsed plasma nitrided AISI 316L austenitic stainless steel ' , Plasma Processes and Polymers , vol. 4 , no. SUPPL.1 , pp. S741-S745 . https://doi.org/10.1002/ppap.200731809 DS TECNALIA Publications RD 30 jul 2024