The employment of grain refinement approaches is regarded as a favorable strategy to
increase mechanical properties of duplex stainless steels (DSSs). In this work, a new grain …

The paper presents an overview of diffusion surface treatments, especially nitriding
processes, applied to duplex and superduplex stainless steels in the last five years …

Surface modification of duplex stainless steel is important to make this material suitable for
tribological and high temperature applications. The surface modification using fine SiC (20 …

The emergence of nanoparticle-reinforced metal matrix composites represents a promising
method for efficiently enhancing material strength without significant compromise in ductility …

In this study, the effect of thermochemical processes, such as nitriding and carburizing, on
the microstructural evolution of superdúplex stainless steel is presented. The objective is to …

Low-temperature hybrid gas diffusion heat treatment process on austenitic stainless steel
will result in the S phase layer formation. This work focuses on the influence of temperature …

Duplex stainless steels are materials with high performance under mechanical stress and
stress corrosion in chloride ion environments. Despite being used in many new applications …

The low-temperature thermochemical hybrid process below 450 C will result in the formation
of a thin layer of supersaturated nitrogen/carbon interstitial solid solution known as the S …

Duplex stainless steel (DSS) shows a good corrosion resistance as well as the mechanical
properties. However, DSS performance decrease as it works under aggressive environment …

In order to evade the premature failure of super duplex stainless steels (SDSSs) in some
harsh environments, the increase of their mechanical properties is a promising approach. In …