Thermal stability of expanded austenite formed on a DC plasma nitrided 316L austenitic stainless steel Andr´ e Paulo Tschiptschin, Arthur Seiji Nishikawa, Luis Bernardo Varela, Carlos Eduardo Pinedo PII: S0040-6090(17)30706-X DOI: doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2017.06.065 Reference: TSF 36237 To appear in: Thin Solid Films Received date: 5 May 2017 Revised date: 20 June 2017 Accepted date: 27 June 2017 Please cite this article as: Andr´ e Paulo Tschiptschin, Arthur Seiji Nishikawa, Luis Bernardo Varela, Carlos Eduardo Pinedo, Thermal stability of expanded austenite formed on a DC plasma nitrided 316L austenitic stainless steel, Thin Solid Films (2017), doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2017.06.065 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain.