Recently, researchers have shown an increased interest in porous metals which also known as

cellular structure due to their interesting combination of properties such as low specific weight and
density, water and gas permeability, thermal and electrical conductivity, and high energy absorption.
Porous metals have a wide range of application such as lightweight structures that used in
construction, parts in automotive industrial, thermal and sound insulation and biomedical
applications. Austenitic stainless steel is popular metallic materials in order to fabricate porous
metals due to their ability to bear significant loads, fatigue resistance, high fracture toughness and
corrosion resistance. Austenitic stainless steel type 316L produce a passive layer consist mainly of
iron, chromium oxide and hydroxides in their surface if exposed to the oxidising environment in
order to protect the surface from contact with the surrounding environment. Even though, stainless
steel is resistance to corrosion, they are not immune to corrosion. Previous research has established
that; fabricate porous metals by using stainless steel type 316L exhibited poor corrosion resistance
because of porous surface geometry. This review summarizes factors that influence the corrosion
attack on austenitic stainless steel porous structure. The factors include the porosity and pore
morphology, micro or macro size of the particles of materials and the sintering condition has been
reviewed.