CORROSION RESISTANCE OF AISI 316Ti STAINLESS STEEL SUBJECTED TO SHOT PEENING WITH AND WITHOUT PICKLING IN VARIOUS CHLORIDE ENVIRONMENTS

Surface conditions of materials affect the chemical, physical and mechanical properties of stainless steels. The main interest of this paper is to focus on corrosion properties of the AISI 316Ti stainless steel treated by shot peening and shot peening and pickling. In the last years shot peening has been widely used as a method improving fatigue properties of components under cyclical load. Because surface finishing has strong effect on corrosion susceptibility of stainless steels, e.g. pitting and created pits can initialize cracks, it is important to analyse corrosion behaviour of the material in question. In this study, the tested surfaces were characterized by SEM, EDX analyses, measurement of surface free energy and roughness. Corrosion properties were investigated in various environments by exposure, potentiodynamic cyclic and EIS tests.