Journal
JOURNAL OF MATERIALS RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY-JMR&T
Volume 21, Issue -, Pages 1903-1914Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmrt.2022.10.039
Keywords
Selective laser melting; 316L stainless steel; Metastable pitting; Electrochemical noise; Statistical analysis
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [52105409]
- Fundamental Research Program of Shanxi Province [20210302124042]
- Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for College Students of North Central University
- Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of Metal Solidification Control and Precision Manufacturing Open Fund [MSPM202006]
- High-level Talent Fund of North University of China [1101285710]
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The effect of heat treatments on the metastable pitting of 316L stainless steel fabricated by selective laser melting (SLM) was studied. The results showed that the heat treatment resulted in changes in the structure and inclusions of the stainless steel, leading to a decrease in pitting performance.
Effect of heat treatments on metastable pitting of 316L stainless steel fabricated by selective laser melting (SLM) was studied by scanning electron microscopy, potentiodynamic polarization, electrochemical noise (EN) and transient analysis techniques. The results show that the selective laser melted (SLMed) 316L stainless steel was composed of honeycomb cells with different orientations, and a small number of lack-of-fusion (LOF) pores were randomly distributed. After heat treatment, the honeycomb-like cellular structure transformed into austenite structure, and the non-metallic inclusions coarsened and grew. Non-metallic inclusions can be divided into two types according to the composition difference, one was manganese silicate enriched by Mn, Si and O and the other was MnS coexisted with the manganese silicate. The potentiodynamic polarization results show that the pitting potential of SLMed 316L stainless steel decreased after heat treatment. During the EN tests, three kinds of current transient were found, which corresponded to the metastable pitting initiated by the manganese silicate oxide inclusions, MnS coexisted with the manganese silicate and pore defects, respectively. Statistical analysis results of the transient signals show that the heat treatment reduced the nucleation rate of metastable pitting, and increased the transient amplitude, pit radius and pit stability product. The decreased pitting performance after heat treatment can be attributed to the low pit growth resistance. (c) 2022 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC
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