In this study, 316L stainless steel samples were plasma nitrided for 64 h at 370-420 °C then subjected to surface hardness and pitting corrosion testing. The results show that interstitial hardening with nitrogen significantly improved the surface hardness as well as the pitting corrosion resistance of the austenitic stainless steel.

316L stainless steel, interstitial hardening, pitting corrosion resistance, plasma nitriding, surface hardness
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Pitting corrosion Austenitic stainless steel Nitriding Corrosion potential Surface hardness
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