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Oxide film on stainless steel (X46 Cr 13, 1.4034) after eroding

Dear experts,

Our team is looking for a process to erase an oxide film from a stainless steel.
We erode a thin hardened wire D=0.8 in two sections. Afterwards there is a thin oxide film on the eroded surfaces.
Mechanically erase of the film is not a solution because of the precision and the thin cross section. Hardening after eroding is not good because of buckling.
The ideal process would be to prevent the oxide film during eroding or a chemical solution which erases the oxide film by complexation.

Thank you for your kind help and cooperation.

Martin Aicher
- Switzerland
2006

We have oxide removal chemical methods with no or mild hazardous effects. However in order to prevent stainless steel from oxidizing, it is important to know the conditions in which eroding takes place.

Anna Berkovich
Russamer Lab

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

2006

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