A.

Austenitic stainless steel  Cr 18%, Ni 8%

1. Excellent Corrosion Resitance
2. Excellent Weldability
3. Excellent Formability
4. Excellent Cleanability And Hygiene Characteristic
5. Good High And Excellent Low Temperature Properties
6. Non Magnetic
7. Hardenable By Cold Work

304 Basic Grade

1. 310  2111HTR S30815 (Increasing High Temperature Resistance)
2. 316  317  904L  6Mo S31254 (Increasing Corrosion Resistance)
3. 316L
4. 304L  321 (Weld Stabilized Grades)
5. 308L  347 (Welding Consumable Grades)
6. 303 (Free Machining Grades)
7. 302HQ ( Low Work Hardening Rate For Cold Heading)

B. Ferritic Stainless Steel  Cr 12-18%, low carbon

1. Moderate to good corrosion resitance, increasing with chromium content
2. Not hardeable by heat treatment and always used in the annealed condition magnetic
3. Weldability is poor
4. Formability not as good as the austenitics

430 Basic Grade

1. 444  Higher Corrosion Resisting Weldable Grade
2. 409  3cr12 (Utility Grades With Increasing Toughness
3. 430f (Free Machining Grade)

C. Martensitic Stainless Steel  Cr 12-18%, High Carbon (0,1-1,2%)

1. Moderate corrosion resistance
2. Can be hardened by heat treatment and therefore high strength and hardness level can be
achieved
3. Poor weldability
4. Magnetic

410 Basic Grades

1. 420  Higher Hardness Grade
2. 431  Higher Corrosion Resistant And Toughness Grades
3. 440a  440b  440c (Increasing Hardness After Heat Treatment)
4. 416  Free Machining Grades
D. Duplex Stainless Steel  Cr 18-28%, Ni 4,5-8%, + Mo 2,5-4%
1. High resistant to stress corrosion cracking
2. Increased resistance to chloride ion attack
3. Higher tensile and yield strength than austenitic or ferritic steels
4. Good weldability and formability

1. 50ɑ/50ɣ
2. S3250  S550  S750  S760
3. UR2N’  S32205
4. UR45N  S31803
5. UR35N  S32304

E. Precipitation Hardening  Aging process  Cr, Ni, Mo, Cu

1. Moderate to good corrosion resistance
2. Very high strength
3. Good weldability
4. Magnetic

UNS Number (Corrosion Resistance)

1. Martensitic  410, Supermax80
2. Duplex  S32304, S31803, S32205, S32750, S32520
3. Austenitic Steel  304, 316, 317LNM, N08904, N08926, S31266
4. Nickel Alloy Titanium  N08825, N06625, Alloy 276, Alloy22

CLI/FAFER GRADES (Corrosion Resistance)

1. Martensitic  410, Supermax80
2. Duplex  UR35N, UR45N, UR45N*, UR47N*, UR52N*
3. Austenitic Steel  304, 316, 317LNM, URB6N, URB26, URB66
4. Nickel alloy titanium  UR825, UR625, Alloy 276, alloy22