caa a22 4500 467925127 CHVBK 20180406152927.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170328e20061101xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF03165205 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF03165205 Low temperature plasma surface alloying of medical grade austenitic stainless steel with carbon and nitrogen [Elektronische Daten] [J. Buhagiar, H. Dong, T. Bell] Niedertemperatur-Plasmaaufkohlen und-Plasmanitrieren von austenitischen Stählen für die Medizintechnik Low temperature surface alloying with either nitrogen (nitriding) or carbon (carburizing) has been successfully employed in hardening AISI 316. However, little work has been directed towards low temperature plasma surface alloying with both nitrogen and carbon simultaneously. In addition, little or no research has been conducted on the surface modification of medical grade austenitic stainless steels, such as ASTM F138 and F1586. In this study, plasma surface alloying treatments have been conducted on medical grade ASTM F138 and ASTM F1586 as well as on engineering grade AISI 316 for comparison. Systematic materials characterization was carried out using optical microscopy, GDOES and XRD. The surface properties such as hardness, wear and corrosion of the modified surface layers were evaluated. Based on the results, the response of these materials to simultaneous plasma surface alloying with both nitrogen and carbon is compared with nitriding and carburizing processes. Springer, 2006 Buhagiar J. Department of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Malta, MSD 06, Msida, Malta aut Dong H. School of Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK aut Bell T. School of Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK aut BHM Berg- und Hüttenmännische Monatshefte Springer-Verlag 151/11(2006-11-01), 446-450 0005-8912 151:11<446 2006 151 501 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03165205 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03165205 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Buhagiar J. Department of Metallurgy and Materials, University of Malta, MSD 06, Msida, Malta aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dong H. School of Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bell T. School of Engineering, Metallurgy and Materials, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- BHM Berg- und Hüttenmännische Monatshefte Springer-Verlag 151/11(2006-11-01), 446-450 0005-8912 151:11<446 2006 151 501 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer