Research Article
Investigation on the Relationship between the Surface Chemistry and the Corrosion Resistance of Electrochemically Nitrided AISI 304 Stainless Steel
Table 2
XPS fitting results for the Cr2p3/2 core level.
| | Sample | Cr0 | CrN and Cr2N | Cr2O3 | CrO3 | | B.E | at.% | B.E | at.% | B.E | at.% | B.E | at.% | | (eV) | (eV) | (eV) | (eV) |
| | Untreated | 573.4 | 16.0 | - - - - | - - - - | 575.9 | 63.2 | 577.7 | 20.8 | | N | - - - - | - - - - | 574.4 | 20.2 | 576.4 | 55.6 | 578.4 | 24.2 | | NK | - - - - | - - - - | 574.1 | 30.9 | 575.8 | 42.6 | 577.7 | 26.5 |
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