Advanced Materials Research, cilt.119, ss.505-509, 2015 (Hakemli Dergi)
The objective of this research is to investigate the effect of Zr, Nb and Ti additions on
microstructural, mechanical and electrochemical properties of injection molded 316L stainless steel.
The amount of additive powder plays a role in determining the sintered microstructure and all
properties. In this study, 316L stainless steel powders used with the elemental Zr, Nb and Ti
powders. The binders were completely removed from molded components by solvent and thermal
debinding. The debinded samples were sintered at different temperature for 60 min. at different
temperatures. Mechanical property, microstructural characterization and electrochemical property
of the sintered samples were performed using tensile testing, hardness, optical, scanning electron
microscopy and electrochemical experiments. Results of study showed that sintered 316L and 316L
with additive powder samples exhibited high mechanical and corrosion properties in a physiological
environment.