Abstract:
Plasma surface alloying technology was used to prepare Cu-Ni alloyed layer on 304 stainless steel. The surface morphology, composition, phase, antibacterial property and corrosion resistance of the stainless steel were studied. The results show that fairy uniform granulate morphology was found on stainless steel surface, and a alloy layer with thickness of 6.5 μm and copper contents of 2.5wt% was obtained. The alloy layer was mainly composed of austenite phase γCu. The stainless steel after alloying exhibited excellent antibacterial effects, over 99.6% of S. aureus and over 99.9% of E. coli were killed, and had good corrosion resistance.