Product Description
304 is a chromium-nickel austenitic stainless steel with good strength and excellent corrosion resistance as supplied in the annealed condition with a typical brinell hardness of 175.Characterised by high corrosion resistance in general atmospheric corrosive environments it exhibits excellent resistance to most oxidizing agents, general foodstuffs, sterilizing solutions, dyestuffs, most organic chemicals, plus a wide variety of inorganic chemicals also hot petroleum gases, steam combustion gases, nitric acid and to a lesser extent sulphuric acid. It displays good oxidation resistance at elevated temperatures and has excellent weldability.
Type | Composition,% | |||||||
304L | C | Si | Mn | P | S | Ni | Cr | Other |
≤0.03 | ≤1 | ≤2 | ≤0.045 | ≤0.03 | 8-12 | 18-20 | Bal |
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