**4. Conclusion**

Despite their good corrosion resistance, stainless steels still experience failure, especially when exposed to an aggressive environment for a prolonged period of time. This can be corrected by adopting the right surface treatment methods including alloying, heat treatment, coating/electrodeposition, and surface mechanical treatment. The corrosion resistance of stainless steels often depends on the stability, compaction, chemical composition, thickness of the passive film generated on the material surface.

*Corrosion Resistance, Evaluation Methods, and Surface Treatments of Stainless Steels DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.101430*
