<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>This work presents investigations of cavitation resistance of X5CrNi18-10 austenitic stainless steel after alloying its surface by CO<sub>2</sub> laser beam. Laser beam machining was performed in two variants. In the first case, surface layer was enriched with TiC in amount of 1.55 % wt. and in the second one in amount of 3.97 % wt. The obtained results revealed that content of 3.97 % wt. TiC caused an increase of plastic deformations resistance of surface under the cavitation loading and simultaneous increase in embrittlement of alloyed layer.</p></abstract>

This work presents investigations of cavitation resistance of X5CrNi18-10 austenitic stainless steel after alloying its surface by CO2 laser beam. Laser beam machining was performed in two variants. In the first case, surface layer was enriched with TiC in amount of 1.55 % wt. and in the second one in amount of 3.97 % wt. The obtained results revealed that content of 3.97 % wt. TiC caused an increase of plastic deformations resistance of surface under the cavitation loading and simultaneous increase in embrittlement of alloyed layer.

Cavitation Erosion of X5CrNi18-10 Austenitic Stainless Steel Alloyed with TiC

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Gdansk University of Technology, Gdansk, Poland

Advances in Materials Science

{"article-title":"Cavitation Erosion of X5CrNi18-10 Austenitic Stainless Steel Alloyed with TiC"}

This work presents investigations of cavitation resistance of X5CrNi18-10 austenitic stainless steel after alloying its surface by CO2 laser beam. Laser beam...

Cavitation Erosion of X5CrNi18-10 Austenitic Stainless Steel Alloyed with TiC

Published Online: Sep 23, 2008

Page range: 173 - 179

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10077-008-0021-6

Keywords
cavitation, erosion, laser beam processing, austenitic stainless steel

This content is open access.

Cavitation Erosion of X5CrNi18-10 Austenitic Stainless Steel Alloyed with TiC

Published Online: Sep 23, 2008

Page range: 173 - 179

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10077-008-0021-6

Keywordscavitation, erosion, laser beam processing, austenitic stainless steel

This content is open access.

Keywords
cavitation, erosion, laser beam processing, austenitic stainless steel