The beneficial effect of surface carbon coating on stress corrosion cracking of Type 304 austenitic stainless steels in high temperature water

Inhibition of stress corrosion cracking in 304 stainless steel through titanium ion implantation

“…Surface treatments are generally applied to improve the properties of the near-surface that in turn are useful to prolong the lifetime of the components in harsh working conditions [6]. Ion implantation, chemical heat treatment and shot peening are the common surface treatment methods [7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14]. Ion implantation technique has unique advantages than other surface treatment methods for its wider applications that are not limited to only metallurgy, but also materials science, mechanical engineering, physics, biochemistry, etc.…”

Mitigation of chloride driven stress corrosion cracking susceptibility of 316L austenitic stainless steel using plasma sprayed TiO2 coating

“…However, the ap-plication of this technique is limited due to its complex and time-consuming nature. Other surface alteration techniques such as cold spray deposition, atomic layer deposition, cathode vacuum arc deposition, carburization, ion implantation were reported for stress corrosion cracking inhibition purpose [20][21][22][23][24][25]. With the persistence of stress corrosion cracking problem, possible protective measures need to be explored for different environments and materials.…”