Analysis of the Effect of Heat Treatment Conditions of a Ferritic Stainless Steel on Residual Stresses and Tribological Behavior

In recent years, the scientific community has shown a great interest in the study of the wear performance of metallic materials under different test conditions, together with the measurement of residual stresses. Thus, the objective of the present work was to analyze the effect of heat treatment on residual stresses and tribological behavior of P410D ferritic stainless steel. The results showed that, with the increase in hardness of the material—derived from different heat treatment conditions, the resistance to micro-abrasive wear of P410D ferritic stainless steel increased, characterized by a decrease in wear volume. The residual stresses reported were “tractive”; additionally, it was observed that the lowest residual stresses values were related to the lower wear volumes values.