RT Journal Article SR Electronic A1 Faltejsek, Petr A1 Joska, Zdeněk A1 Pokorný, Zdeněk A1 Dobrocký, David A1 Studený, Zbyněk T1 Effect of Nitriding on the Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Stainless Steels JF Manufacturing Technology Journal YR 2019 VO 19 IS 5 SP 745 OP 748 DO 10.21062/ujep/365.2019/a/1213-2489/MT/19/5/745 UL https://journalmt.com/artkey/mft-201905-0004.php AB Austenitic stainless steels are common spread in many industries. Plasma nitriding is one of the few technologies that allows surface modification of austenitic stainless steels. In this study, a plasma nitriding method to form a hard surface layer at two different austenitic steels AISI 302 and AISI 316L. The surface morphology, chemical composition and mechanical properties of the formed layers were described and the results were compared with each other. The formed nitrided layers on both steels created a uniform multi-phase layer which was characterized by high hardness and very good abrasion resistance.