[en] Results are given in the present work for studying the electrochemical behavior of steel 12Kh18N10T irradiated by a pulsed electron beam. The electrochemical behavior was studied by means of anodic polarization curves in 1% HCl solution at room temperature. The authors established that for a marked increase in the corrosion resistance of steel 12Kh18N10T with irradiation by a pulsed electron beam it is necessary that the surface temperature is sufficient for evaporation of a thin layer and purification of the surface from undesirable impurities. Use of pulsed electron beams with these parameters makes it possible to increase the corrosion resistance of this steel by several factors of ten. The possibility has been demonstrated of using electron beams of nanosecond duration for alloying the surface layers of steels with the aim of improving their corrosion resistance

[en] Results of studying elecrochemical behaviour of 12Kh18N10T steel irradiated by pulse electron beam are presented. The sufficient improvement of 12Kh18N10T steel corrosion resistance under irradiation by pulse electron beam requires the surface temperature adequate for evaporation of thin layer and surface purification from undesirable impurities. Application of pulse electron beams with mentioned parameters enables to improve corrosion resistance of the steel several dozen times. Possibility of using electron beams of nanosecond duration for alloying surface layers of steels for improving their corrosion resistance is shown