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

Journal Article · Wed Nov 15 04:00:00 EST 2017 · Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/S11665-017-3004-0· OSTI ID:22860776

Reséndiz-Calderon, C. D.; Meneses-Amador, A.; Campos-Silva, I. E. ^[1]; Andraca-Adame, J. ^[2]; Palomar-Pardavé, M. E. ^[3]; Gallardo-Hernández, E. A. ^[4]

---

1. SEPI-ESIME, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Grupo Ingeniería de Superficies (Mexico)
2. Centro de Nanociencias y Micro y Nanotecnologías, Instituto Politécnico Nacional (Mexico)
3. Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (Mexico)
4. SEPI-ESIME, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Grupo de Tribología (Mexico)

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/Fe{sub 2}B phases. In order to evaluate Fe{sub 2}B 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 Fe{sub 2}B 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 Fe{sub 2}B 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 Fe{sub 2}B phases.

• OSTI ID: 22860776
• Journal Information: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Engineering and Performance Journal Issue: 11 Vol. 26; ISSN 1059-9495; ISSN JMEPEG
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
ANNEALING
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CORROSION RESISTANCE
DIFFUSION
IRON BORIDES
LAYERS
NUCLEAR ENGINEERING
ROLLING
SILICON CARBIDES
SLURRIES
STAINLESS STEEL-316L
WEAR RESISTANCE