Microstructure and corrosion behaviour of pulsed plasma-nitrided AISI H13 tool steel

Corrosion Science

Volumn 52, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3133-3139

  Basso, Rodrigo L O ^a   Pastore, Heloise O ^b   Schmidt, Vanessa ^a   Baumvol, Israel J R ^a,c   Abarca, Silvia A C ^d   de Souza, Fernando S ^d   Spinelli, Almir ^d   Figueroa, Carlos A ^a   Giacomelli, Cristiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAXIAS DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

A. Steel; B. Polarization; B. SEM; B. XRD; C. Pitting corrosion

Indexed keywords

A. STEEL; C. PITTING CORROSION; PITTING CORROSION; SEM; XRD;

CORROSIVE EFFECTS; MICROSTRUCTURE; PITTING; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; POLARIZATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

TOOL STEEL;

EID: 77953960232     PISSN: 0010938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.corsci.2010.05.036     Document Type: Article

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