Preface

Excerpt

It is my honor to have this opportunity as a guest editor for Journal of Iron and Steel Research International (JISRI) to deliver some remarks on this specially organized column entitled Stainless Steels: Processing, Microstructures and Properties. Since stainless steels have many merits in their resistance to corrosion and staining, low maintenance and high-quality surface, they have long been developed as an ideal and widely used ferrous material for many applications in various industrial fields and daily household appliances where both the strength and anti-corrosion ability are required. In this respect, this special column stresses some recent research advances in several stainless steels regarding the alloy design, processing techniques, heat treatment, microstructures and mechanical behaviors as well as anti-oxidation and corrosion behaviors in certain environments. …