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Experimental investigation on corrosion and hardness of ion implanted AISI 316L stainless steel |
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| Authors: | V Muthukumaran V Selladurai S Nandhakumar M Senthilkumar |
| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Kumaraguru College of Technology, Tamil Nadu 641 006, India;2. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Tamil Nadu 641 014, India;3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Tamil Nadu 641 004, India |
| Abstract: | The AISI 316L stainless steel has been widely used both in artificial knee and hip joints in bio-medical applications. In the present study AISI 316L SS was implanted with two different ions: nitrogen and helium at 100 keV with a dose of 1 × 1017 ions/cm2 at room temperature. The crystallographic orientation and surface morphology were studied using X-ray diffraction (XRD) and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The effects of ion implantation on the corrosion performance of AISI 316L stainless steel was evaluated in 0.9% NaCl solution using electro chemical test both on the virgin and implanted samples. The subsequent Tafel analysis shows that the ion implanted specimens were more corrosion resistant when compared to the bare specimens. Microhardness was also measured by Vickers method by varying the loads. The results of the studies indicated that there was a significant improvement in both corrosion resistance and hardness of implanted samples. |
| Keywords: | A AISI 316L stainless steel C Ion implantation E Corrosion E Hardness |
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