Transhepatic obliteration of esophageal varices using the stainless steel coil
[12-21-2007]
Coronary veins in seven of eight patients with bleeding esophageal varices were successfully catheterized and embolized with Gelfoam followed by multiple steel coils. Bleeding immediately ceased in all seven, but recurred within 1 month in six. One had not rebled on 3 month fol......

Surface nanocrystallization of 316L stainless steel induced by ultrasonic shot p
[12-21-2007]
A new technique was introduced to realize surface nanocrystallization (i.e. generation of a surface layer of nanostructures) on a 316L stainless steel by means of ultrasonic shot peening treatment. The microstructural evolution of the 316L stainless steel was characterized by......

Structure and Corrosion Resistance of Plasma Nitrided Stainless Steel
[12-21-2007]
AISI 316 stainless steel has been plasma nitrided at 570 deg C over a range of processing conditions, and the resultant corrosion properties have been investigated by a potentiodynamic polarization technique. X-ray diffraction and transmission electron microscopy studies have bee......

Stainless steel as a bipolar plate material for solid polymer fuel cells
[12-21-2007]
Stainless steel bipolar plates for the Solid Polymer Fuel Cell (SPFC) offer many advantages over conventional graphitic materials. These include relative low cost, high strength, ease of manufacture and as they can be shaped into thin sheets, significant improvement in the po......

Growth of Corrosion Pits on Stainless Steel in Chloride Solution Containing Dilu
[12-21-2007]
The effects of dilute sulphate on metastable and stable pitting of 304 stainless steel in chloride solution have been studied. The presence of sulphate causes the distribution of available pit sites to be shifted to a higher potential, implying that pit nucleation is inhibite......