The Advantages Of Electropolishing
There are many benefits of electropolishing when it comes to your stainless steel products. First, it is important to define and understand electropolishing.
What is Electropolishing?
Electropolishing, also known as electrochemical polishing, anodic polishing, or electrolytic polishing, is an electrochemical process that removes material from a metallic workpiece, reducing the surface roughness by leveling micro-peaks and valleys and improving the surface finish. Electropolishing is used to polish, passivate, and deburr metal parts.
The Benefits of Electropolishing
Electropolishing improves the near-surface chemistry of stainless steel. Not only does it remove embedded particles and inclusions, but it also improves the atomic ratios of the material’s alloying elements. Upon exposure to oxygen, this improved surface will form a thicker and more uniform oxide layer with enhanced corrosion resistance properties. Electropolishing dramatically improves resistance to corrosion in stainless steel.
Electropolished stainless steels are better suited to resist the onset of pitting corrosion, crevice corrosion, stress corrosion cracking, and microbiologically influenced corrosion. The electropolishing process may improve a surface finish reading by up to 50%. Since electropolishing is not a surface coating, there is no risk of the surface distorting or peeling over time, unlike spray-on surface treatments sometimes used to improve stainless surfaces. Check out our article for more benefits on the electropolishing process and why it provides the most superior form of passivation in stainless steel.
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