The effect of wear and corrosion on internal crystalline texture of carbon steel and stainless steel

Wear tests of carbon steel and stainless steel samples have shown smaller weight losses and lower friction coefficients in the presence of corrosive environment. Texture investigations of the worn samples have shown texture changes after wear and corrosive wear tests. In worn carbon steel samples after dry wear test 〈0 1 1) 〈1 0 0〉 Goss texture and {1 1 1} gamma fiber component were developed in initially random oriented samples, whereas under corrosive wear conditions, {1 1 1} 〈 0 1 1 〉 fiber texture and {0 0 1} 〈 1 1 0 〉 cube texture were obtained. In stainless steel samples, {1 1 2} 〈 1 1 0 〉 texture component were observed under both dry and corrosive wear conditions, in initially random samples.