The Effect of Laser Shock Processing on Corrosion Resistance of Stainless Steel AISI 316L

The paper presents the effect of laser shock processing on stainless steel 316L corrosion resistance. The samples were laser welded and mechanical treated using a Nd:YAG laser with a 1064 nm wavelength, and two different pulse density: 900 pulse/cm2 and 1600 pulse/cm2. After the laser shock processing, the samples were subjected to a seawater solution for corrosion testing. The curves obtained were statistically modeled using Stern-Geary equation. One may observe that the corrosion speed of the LSP samples treated with 900 pulse/cm2 is eight times higher than the corrosion speed of the LSP samples treated with 1600 pulse/cm2.