Influence of heat treatment on the mechanical and the lubricant wear characteristics of stainless-steel grades against 5 wt% NaCl as industrial shielding materials

Samah A Al-Shelkamy; Hassan M Abu Hashish; E Salama

doi:10.1016/j.apradiso.2022.110361

Influence of heat treatment on the mechanical and the lubricant wear characteristics of stainless-steel grades against 5 wt% NaCl as industrial shielding materials

Appl Radiat Isot. 2022 Oct:188:110361. doi: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2022.110361. Epub 2022 Jul 6.

Authors

Samah A Al-Shelkamy¹, Hassan M Abu Hashish², E Salama³

Affiliations

¹ Physics Department, Faculty of Science, New Valley University, New Valley, El-Kharga, 72511, Egypt. Electronic address: Samah.alshelkamy@sci.nvu.edu.eg.
² Mechanical Engineering Department, Engineering Research Institute and Renewable Energy, National Research Centre, Giza, 12622, Egypt.
³ Basic Science Department, Faculty of Engineering, The British University in Egypt (BUE), Egypt.

PMID: 35830750
DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2022.110361

Abstract

This article investigates the impact of the heat treatment, and lubricant wear measurements at 5 wt % NaCl solution, mechanical and radiation shielding properties of three grades of stainless steels: SS316, M303, and SS201. The obtained results showed that heat-treated martensitic stainless-steel grade has improved mechanical and tribological properties while heat-treated austenitic stainless-steel grades showed deteriorated wear resistance. The radiation shielding parameters of the studied grades are comparable. The effectiveness of heat treatment in the presence of NaCl solution is verified.

Keywords: 5% wt. NaCl; Heat treatment; Lubricant wear; Shielding materials; Stainless steel.