AISI 304L stainless steel was laser surface alloyed with ruthenium enriched 304L powder using a continuous wave Nd:YAG laser. Corrosion performance of the surface alloys was studied in 1 M sulphuric acid and 3.5 wt% sodium chloride at 25, 35 and 45 °C using potentiodynamic polarisation. The results showed that the presence of ruthenium decreased corrosion rates in both solutions and inhibited pitting in sodium chloride. High temperatures were particularly detrimental to the corrosion resistance of the alloys in sodium chloride, but were surprisingly beneficial in sulphuric acid; inducing spontaneous passivity and reducing corrosion current density from 129 μA/cm2 at 25 °C to about 0.5 μA/cm2 at 45 °C.
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