Stainless steels represent quite an interesting material family, both from a scientific and commercial point of view, owing to their excellent qualities in terms of strength and ductility, combined with corrosion resistance. Thanks to such properties, stainless steels have been indispensable for technological progress during the last century and their annual consumption has increased faster than other materials. They find application in all fields requiring materials with good corrosion resistance, together with the ability to be worked into complex geometries. Despite their diffusion as a consolidated material, many research fields are active regarding the possibility of increasing stainless steel’s mechanical properties and corrosion resistance by grain refinement or alloying by interstitial elements. At the same time, innovations are coming from the manufacturing process of the stainless steel family of materials, including the possibility to manufacture them from metal powder for 3D printing. The scope of this Special Issue embraces interdisciplinary work covering physical metallurgy and processes, reporting about experimental and theoretical progress concerning microstructural evolution during processing, microstructure–properties relationships and various applications, including automotive, energy and structural.

Manufacturing and applications of stainless steels

Andrea Di Schino
2020

Abstract

Stainless steels represent quite an interesting material family, both from a scientific and commercial point of view, owing to their excellent qualities in terms of strength and ductility, combined with corrosion resistance. Thanks to such properties, stainless steels have been indispensable for technological progress during the last century and their annual consumption has increased faster than other materials. They find application in all fields requiring materials with good corrosion resistance, together with the ability to be worked into complex geometries. Despite their diffusion as a consolidated material, many research fields are active regarding the possibility of increasing stainless steel’s mechanical properties and corrosion resistance by grain refinement or alloying by interstitial elements. At the same time, innovations are coming from the manufacturing process of the stainless steel family of materials, including the possibility to manufacture them from metal powder for 3D printing. The scope of this Special Issue embraces interdisciplinary work covering physical metallurgy and processes, reporting about experimental and theoretical progress concerning microstructural evolution during processing, microstructure–properties relationships and various applications, including automotive, energy and structural.
2020
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