Effect of Nitriding Current Density on the Surface Properties and Crystallite Size of Pulsed Plasma-Nitrided AISI 316L
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53361#.VMBgxizQrzE Author(s) C. Díaz-Guillén 1* , E. E. Granda-Gutiérrez 1 , G. Vargas-Gutiérrez 2 , M. R. Díaz-Guillén 3 , J. A. Aguilar-Martínez 4 , L. Álvarez-Contreras 5 Affiliation(s) 1 Corporación Mexicana de Investigación en Materiales S.A. de C.V.-Cátedras-CONACyT, Saltillo, México . 2 Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados del IPN, Saltillo, México . 3 GMyPQ, Instituto de Investigaciones Eléctricas, Cuernavaca, México . 4 Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, FIME-CIIIA, Apodaca, México . 5 Centro de Investigación en Materiales Avanzados S.C., Chihuahua, México . ABSTRACT In this work, plasma-nitrided AISI 316L stainless steel samples were performed by ion nitriding process under pulsed direct current (DC) discharge at different current densities (1 to 2.5 mA/ cm 2 ). The effect of nitriding current density on the size of crystalline coheren...