레이저 용발법에 의한 금속 표면 제염특성을 평가하였다. 레이저로는 파장 532 nm, 펄스에너지 150 mJ, 펄스폭 5 ns의 큐스위치 Nd:YAG 를 적용하였고, 금속 표면에 CsNO3, Co(NH4)2(SO4)2, Eu2O3 그리고 CeO2를 오염시켜 이들의 제염 특성을 평가하였다. 제염 변수로는 레이저 적용횟수, 레이저 에너지 밀도 및 레이저 조사 각도 특성을 평가하였으며 각각 8, 13.3 J/cm2 및 30o의 최적 조건을 확인하였다. 제염 효율은 오염성분의 비점과 관련이 있었으며 CsNO3>Co(NH4)2(SO4)2>Eu2O3>CeO2 순이었다. 또한 여러 에너지 밀도 조건에서 스테인레스 스틸 재질의 식각 깊이 제어 특성을 규명하였다.

Cubic boron nitride (c-BN) is a promising material for use in many potential applications because of its outstanding physical properties such as high thermal stability, high abrasive wear resistance, and super hardness. Even though 316L austenitic stainless steel (STS) has poor wear resistance causing it to be toxic in the body due to wear and material chips, 316L STS has been used for implant biomaterials in orthopedics due to its good corrosion resistance and mechanical properties. Therefore, in the present study, c-BN films with a B4C layer were applied to a 316L STS specimen in order to improve its wear resistance. The deposition of the c-BN films was performed using an r.f. (13.56 MHz) magnetron sputtering system with a B4C target. The coating layers were characterized using XPS and SEM, and the mechanical properties were investigated using a nanoindenter. The friction coefficient of the c-BN coated 316L STS steel was obtained using a pin-on-disk according to the ASTM G163-99. The thickness of the obtained c-BN and B4C were about 220 nm and 630 nm, respectively. The high resolution XPS spectra analysis of B1s and N1s revealed that the c-BN film was mainly composed of sp3 BN bonds. The hardness and elastic modulus of the c-BN measured by the nanoindenter were 46.8 GPa and 345.7 GPa, respectively. The friction coefficient of the c-BN coated 316L STS was decreased from 3.5 to 1.6. The wear property of the c-BN coated 316L STS was enhanced by a factor of two.

Inorganic oxide colloids dispersed in alcohol were applied to a stainless steel substrate to produce oxide coatings for the purpose of minimizing emissive thermal transfer. The microstructure, roughness, infrared emissive energy, and surface heat loss of the coated substrate were observed with a variation of the nano oxide sol and coating method. It was found that the indium tin oxide, antimony tin oxide, magnesium oxide, silica, titania sol coatings may reduce surface heat loss of the stainless steel at 300˚C. It was possible to suppress thermal oxidation of the substrate with the oxide sol coatings during an accelerated thermal durability test at 600˚C. The silica sol coating was most effective to suppress thermal oxidation at 600˚C, so that it is useful to prevent the increase of radiative surface heat loss as a heating element. Therefore, the inorganic oxide sol coatings may be applied to improve energy efficiency of the substrate as the heating element.

자외선 살균소독기의 유효성을 검정하기 위하여 스테인리스스틸 컵 바닥에서 E. coli를 대상으로 살균력을 측정하고 살균패턴을 조사하였다. 스테인리스스틸 컵 바닥의 자외선 강도는 컵의 위치에 따라 큰 차이를 보였다. 중앙부에 놓인 컵의 바닥에서는 높은 자외선 강도를 보인 반면 외곽으로 갈수록 자외선 강도는 급격하게 약화되었으며, 이러한 편차는 상단 선반에서 가장 심하였고 중단 및 하단 선반으로 갈수록 완화되었다. E. coli를 대상으로 한 스테인리스스틸 컵 바닥에서 살균효과는 컵 바닥의 자외선 강도와 살균시간에 비례하였다. 자외선에 의한 E. coli 살균패턴은 tailing을 수반하는 의사 1차반응으로 나타났으며 각 구간의 살균속도상수를 산출한 결과 초기 살균속도상수(K1)는 위치에 따라 큰 차이를 보인 반면 후기 살균속도상수(K2)는 위치에 따른 차이가 크지 않았다. 현장에서 자외선 살균소독기를 용이하게 사용할 수 있도록 일정 살균치를 얻는데 필요한 자외선 조사시간을 산출하는 방정식을 제시하였다.

현재 중소형선박의 동력전달용 스테인리스 추진축계가 많이 사용되고 있으나 선미를 통과하는 선미관 패킹부, 베어링이 작용하는 접촉부 등에서 마모, 축의 재질불량이나 설계 불량으로 인하여 축이 절손되는 경우가 많다. 프로펠러축이 과다마모 또는 절손으로 파단시 새로운 축으로 전환하고 있으나 축을 새것으로 구입하려면 주문, 제작 등에 따라 상당한 비용이 소요된다. 또한 축을 육성 용접하는 경우는 해양수산관청의 승인을 득하도록 되어 있으나 지금까지 승인이 된 경우가 없었다. 따라서 이 연구에서는 직접 스테인리스 재료를 육성 용접하면서 모재와 비교하여 용접에 따른 금속조직의 변화, 결함의 계측 등을 규명하여 해양수산관청의 승인에 필요한 용접 절차, 검사에 필요한 사항 등을 검토하였다.

Characteristics of Al-based composites with waste stainless steel short fiber, fabricated by magnetic pulsed compaction and sintering were investigated. The compacts prepared by magnetic pulsed compaction showed high relative density and homogeneous microstructure compared with that by conventional press compaction. The relative density of sintered composites at for 1 h exhibited the same value with compacts and decreased with increase in STS short fiber content. The reaction between Al and STS phase was confirmed by the microstructural analysis using EDS. The sintered composites, prepared by magnetic pulsed compaction, showed increased hardness value with increasing STS fiber content. Maximum yield strength of 100 MPa and tensile strength of 232 MPa were registered in the AI-based composite with 30 vol% STS short fiber.

본 논문은 인발공정에 의해서 만들어지는 스테인리스 강선의 제작 시에 필요한 인발기술에 관한 연구이다. 스테인레스 강선재는 표면이 아름답고, 표면가공을 다양하게 할 수 있으며 내식성 및 내마멸성이 우수할 뿐만 아니라 강도가 크고 가공선이 뛰어나고, 내화 내열성이 우수하여 건축물에도 많이 사용되는 볼트, 너트, 스크루우, 용접건, 와이어 로우프 등에 많이 사용된다. 대공간 연성 건축물에 특히 많이 사용되는 스테인리스 와이어의 제작 시에 최적의 다이스 설계 기준간을 찾아서 현장 적용이 용이 하도록 하였다. 스테인리스 와이어의 인발 생산 과정의 역학적 개념을 이해함으로서 와이어 로우프의 물리적 성질을 파악할 수 있다고 사료된다.

In a manufacturing technique of the sintered filter, pressureless sintering method has good permeability, it is not need the binder and lubricant used on compacting process, so it has little contamination and it is easy to control the pore size and shape but the mechanical strength is low relatively and it is difficult that parts of complicate form are manufactured. In the case of manufacturing the filter by press and sintering method, in order to be satisfactory characteristic of un-pressed filter, in this study sintered metal filter fabricated by using 30-40mesh stainless steel 316L powder and additive agents. Porosity and structure of pores, permeability and mechanical strength of the sintered filter were investigated with the variation sintering conditions. Porosity was nearly constant about , density, permeability and mechanical strength were changed markedly with quantity of additive materials and sintering conditions.

The use of the nickel free, high nitrogen stainless steel powder and nitriding during sintering of iron based materials have been shown as an alternative way to the conventional PM stainless steels containing nickel. Nitrogen as an alloying element for iron improves in an effective way the properties of sintered alloyed steels. The powder metallurgy route is a suitable way to introduce nitrogen into these alloys and, in particular, to produce high nitrogen (close to the solubility limit) stainless steels. The paper presents and discusses the nitriding behavior of nickel-free stainless steels produced by powder metallurgy method. Alloyed melt was atomized by nitrogen and in this way nitrogen was introduced into the powder. Further nitriding occurred during sintering in a nitrogen atmosphere. For comparison, compacts having the same composition as an alloyed powder were produced from elemental powders mixture. Sintering-nitriding behaviour of investigated materials has been controlled by dilatometry, chemical and X-Ray phase analysis and metallography. Mechanical properties of sintered compacts were also measured.

The present study investigates the behavior of the sintering and hardness of stainless steel samples reinforced with NbC and TaC. Matrixes of pure stainless steel were compacted with addition of up to 3% wt NbC or TaC in a cylindrical die of steel at 700 MPa and sintered in an electrical resistance furnace under argon atmosphere. The sintered samples were characterized by density and hardness measurement, optical microscopy and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The preliminary results show that the size and distribution of carbides influence in the sintering and hardness of the sintered samples.

More and more applications or demands for machine parts etc are expected for AISI 440C (hereinafter referred to as "440C") Stainless Steel because of its characteristic features, i.e. high-strength as well as high-corrosion resistance. This research has enabled us to obtain sintered products with good quality even under a wide range of temperature by utilizing the pinning effect of NbC, improving the relevant sintering feature of 440C Stainless Steel in the MIM method.

Advanced melting technology is now being employed in the manufacture of stainless steel powders. The new process currently includes electric arc furnace (EAF) technology in concert with Argon Oxygen Decarburization (AOD), High Performance Atomizing (HPA) and hydrogen annealing. The new high performance-processing route has allowed the more consistent production of existing products, and has allowed enhanced properties, such as improved green strength and green density. This paper will review these processing changes along with the potential new products that are being developed utilizing this technology. These include high strength stainless steels such as duplex and dual phase as well as stainless steel powders used in high temperature applications such as diesel filters and fuel cells.