Studies on the wear and corrosion behaviour of a selection of MEVVA Ion implanted stainless steels

A series of ferritic (grade 430) and austenitic (grade 316) stainless steels were metal vapour vacuum arc (MEVVA) implanted with Zr, Ti, Mo and W ions. The friction and wear behaviour of the implanted stainless steels were assessed using a pin on disc tribometer and the corrosion behaviour characterised using potentiodynamic scanning techniques. This paper will report on the findings from these studies.