Abstract: SS316L stainless steels have been widely used in highly corrosive environments for power generation, chemical, fertilizer, marine, food, oil and gas industries and petrochemical reactors. These materials are well known for their good corrosion resistance and mechanical properties like strength etc. However, because of its low hardness and wear resistance their applications are greatly limited .The Austenitic steel has an Austenitic structure is stable at ambient temperature and characterized by the presence of chromium and nickel and low carbon content Austenitic steels are used in various aggressive environments and at high and low temperatures. The most common heat treatment for all types of austenitic steel is solution annealing. Research is going on over years to reduce the wear either in the form of using a new wear resistant material or by improving the wear resistance of the existing material by addition of any wear resistant alloying element etc. In this paper an study has been made to review few of the methods of improve the properties like wear, corrosion and hardness on austenitic stainless steel SS316L.
Keyword: SS316L, Wear, corrosion, hardness.
Title: A Review Paper on Methods of Improvement of Wear, Corrosion and Hardness Properties of Austenitic Stainless steel 316L
Author: P.Elango
International Journal of Engineering Research and Reviews
ISSN 2348-697X (Online)
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