Date of download: 10/18/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Transition of Wear Mechanisms of Plasma Source Nitrided AISI 316 Austenitic Stainless Steel Against Ceramic Counterface J. Tribol. 2012;134(1):011601-011601-9. doi:10.1115/1.4005516 Figure Legend: Schematic diagram of plasma source nitriding equipment

Date of download: 10/18/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Transition of Wear Mechanisms of Plasma Source Nitrided AISI 316 Austenitic Stainless Steel Against Ceramic Counterface J. Tribol. 2012;134(1):011601-011601-9. doi:10.1115/1.4005516 Figure Legend: Optical micrograph of the nitrided layer on the plasma source nitrided AISI 316 austenitic stainless steel at a nitriding temperature of 450 °C for a nitriding time of 6 h

Date of download: 10/18/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Transition of Wear Mechanisms of Plasma Source Nitrided AISI 316 Austenitic Stainless Steel Against Ceramic Counterface J. Tribol. 2012;134(1):011601-011601-9. doi:10.1115/1.4005516 Figure Legend: Concentration-depth profile of the nitrided layer on the plasma source nitrided AISI 316 austenitic stainless steel at a nitriding temperature of 450 °C for a nitriding time of 6 h measured by EPMA

Date of download: 10/18/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Transition of Wear Mechanisms of Plasma Source Nitrided AISI 316 Austenitic Stainless Steel Against Ceramic Counterface J. Tribol. 2012;134(1):011601-011601-9. doi:10.1115/1.4005516 Figure Legend: XRD pattern of the nitrided layer on the plasma source nitrided AISI 316 austenitic stainless steel at a nitriding temperature of 450 °C for a nitriding time of 6 h

Date of download: 10/18/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Transition of Wear Mechanisms of Plasma Source Nitrided AISI 316 Austenitic Stainless Steel Against Ceramic Counterface J. Tribol. 2012;134(1):011601-011601-9. doi:10.1115/1.4005516 Figure Legend: Microhardness-depth profile of the γN phase layer on the plasma source nitrided AISI 316 stainless steel at a nitriding temperature of 450 °C for a nitriding time of 6 h

Date of download: 10/18/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Transition of Wear Mechanisms of Plasma Source Nitrided AISI 316 Austenitic Stainless Steel Against Ceramic Counterface J. Tribol. 2012;134(1):011601-011601-9. doi:10.1115/1.4005516 Figure Legend: Cross-sectional profilometer patterns of wear tracks on a ball-on-disk tribometer against an Si3N4 ceramic counterface under a normal load of 2 and 6 N with a sliding speed from 0.15 to 0.29 m/s for the γN phase layer on the plasma source nitrided AISI 316 stainless steel, respectively

Date of download: 10/18/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Transition of Wear Mechanisms of Plasma Source Nitrided AISI 316 Austenitic Stainless Steel Against Ceramic Counterface J. Tribol. 2012;134(1):011601-011601-9. doi:10.1115/1.4005516 Figure Legend: TEM image and selected area diffraction pattern from the wear debris for the γN phase layer on the plasma source nitrided AISI 316 stainless steel on a ball-on-disk tribometer against an Si3N4 ceramic counterface under a normal load of 2 N with a sliding speed of 0.22 m/s

Date of download: 10/18/2017 Copyright © ASME. All rights reserved. From: Transition of Wear Mechanisms of Plasma Source Nitrided AISI 316 Austenitic Stainless Steel Against Ceramic Counterface J. Tribol. 2012;134(1):011601-011601-9. doi:10.1115/1.4005516 Figure Legend: TEM image and selected area diffraction pattern from the wear debris for the γN phase layer on the plasma source nitrided AISI 316 stainless steel on a ball-on-disk tribometer against an Si3N4 ceramic counterface under a normal load of 6 N with a sliding speed of 0.22 m/s