Sintering Stainless Steels with Boron Addition in Nitrogen Base Atmosphere

  • Abenojar, J. (Dept. Materials Science and Engineering. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Av. Universidad) ;
  • Esteban, D. (Dept. Materials Science and Engineering. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Av. Universidad) ;
  • Martinez, M.A. (Dept. Materials Science and Engineering. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Av. Universidad) ;
  • Velasco, F. (Dept. Materials Science and Engineering. Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Av. Universidad)
  • Published : 2006.09.24

Abstract

Due to the increasing use that the stainless steel is getting recently in the nuclear industry, this document proposes the study of the stainless steel 316L with boron addition. With the final product, the properties of the stainless steel 316L (good mechanical properties and high corrosion resistance) with the boron neutron absorption properties are claimed to unify. The P/M technologies allow adding higher boron quantities than with the solidification conventional technologies, where segregation is produced.

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