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Micro-Abrasion Wear Resistance of Borided 316L Stainless Steel and AISI 1018 Steel

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The 316L stainless steel has high corrosion resistance but low tribological performance. In different industrial sectors (biomedical, chemical, petrochemical, and nuclear engineering), improvement upon wear resistance of 316L stainless steel components using accessible and inexpensive methods is critical. The AISI 1018 steel is widely used in industry, but its tribological performance is not the best among steels. Therefore, in this study the behavior of the borided 316L stainless steel and 1018 steel is evaluated under micro-abrasion wear. The boriding was carried out at 1223 K over 6 h of exposure time, resulting in a biphase layer composed of FeB/Fe2B phases. In order to evaluate Fe2B phase with no influence from FeB phase, AISI 1018 steel samples were borided at 1273 K for over 20 min and then diffusion annealed at 1273 K over 2 h to obtain a Fe2B mono-phase layer. Micro-abrasion wear resistance was evaluated by a commercial micro-abrasion testing rig using a mix of F-1200 SiC particles with deionized water as abrasive slurry. The obtained wear rates for FeB and Fe2B phases and for the 316L stainless steel were compared. Wear resistance of 316L stainless steel increases after boriding. The wear mechanisms for both phases and for the stainless steel were identified. Also, transient conditions for rolling and grooving abrasion were determined for the FeB and Fe2B phases.

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This work was supported by the National Council of Science and Technology [Research Grant 183836] and the Instituto Politécnico Nacional [Research Grants 20170851 and 20170688] in Mexico.

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  1. Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Grupo Ingeniería de Superficies, SEPI-ESIME, U.P. Adolfo López Mateos, Zacatenco, 07738, Ciudad de México, México

    C. D. Reséndiz-Calderon, G. A. Rodríguez-Castro, A. Meneses-Amador & I. E. Campos-Silva

  2. Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro de Nanociencias y Micro y Nanotecnologías, U.P. Adolfo López Mateos, Zacatenco, 07738, Ciudad de México, México

    J. Andraca-Adame

  3. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, Av. San Pablo No. 180, Azcapotzalco, 02200, Ciudad de México, México

    M. E. Palomar-Pardavé

  4. Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Grupo de Tribología, SEPI-ESIME, U.P. Adolfo López Mateos, Zacatenco, 07738, Ciudad de México, México

    E. A. Gallardo-Hernández

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Reséndiz-Calderon, C.D., Rodríguez-Castro, G.A., Meneses-Amador, A. et al. Micro-Abrasion Wear Resistance of Borided 316L Stainless Steel and AISI 1018 Steel. J. of Materi Eng and Perform 26, 5599–5609 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11665-017-3004-0

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