“…It can be considered a nitrocarburizing treatment since the salts used often typically contribute carbon to the surface of the workpiece, and the two elements generally permeate into the surface of the industrial parts [48]. There have been researched studies of the effects of nitriding treatments on the behavior of surface microstructure and characteristics of austenitic stainless steel such as AISI 304 [49,50], AISI 304L [51], AISI 321 [52], AISI 201 [53], AISI 316 [54], AISI 316L [55,56], AISI 202 [57], AISI 316LN [58] and AISI 316LVM [59], AISI 310[60], AISI 303 [61], AISI 204 [62]. However, there is a lack of research about the surface microstructural and tribological behavior of AISI 316L stainless steel during salt bath nitriding by the Tenifer process (TF1) at 580 °C.…”