This paper deals with the investigation of complex corrosion properties of 3D printed AISI 316L steel and the influence of additional heat treatment on the resulting corrosion and mechanical parameters. There was an isotonic solution used for the simulation of the human body and a diluted sulfuric acid solution for the study of intergranular corrosion damage of the tested samples. There were significant microstructural changes found for each type of heat treatment at 650 and 1050 °C, which resulted in different corrosion properties of the tested samples. There were changes of corrosion potential, corrosion rate and polarization resistance found by the potentiodynamic polarization method. With regard to these results, the most appropriate heat treatment can be applied to applications with intended use in medicine.

Department of Engineering Materials and Biomaterials Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Silesian University of Technology Konarskiego 18a 44 100 Gliwice Poland

Department of Machining Assembly and Engineering Metrology Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Technical University of Ostrava 17 listopadu 2172 15 708 00 Ostrava Poruba Czech Republic

Department of Materials Engineering Faculty of Materials and Technology VSB Technical University of Ostrava 17 listopadu 2172 15 708 00 Ostrava Poruba Czech Republic

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