Abstract:The development of NbC‐containing martensitic stainless steels has made it possible to unite the properties of high corrosion resistance and wear resistance. If NbC is used as a hard phase instead of chromium carbide, the abrasive wear resistance of the steels is increased due to the greater hardness of NbC. The solubility of chromium in NbC is low. For this reason, chromium is fully available to form a passive surface layer to increase the corrosion resistance. In the steel melt, niobium leads to the formatio… Show more
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