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Different Grades of Stainless Steel Tubes

Time:2016.06.27 Source: http://www.sssshangshang.com Author:
Stainless steel materials are the steel alloys with a minimum of 10.5% chromium content by mass. Stainless steel material does not readily corrode, rust or stain with water as ordinary steel does. Therefore, stainless steel materials have a wide application in modern society. Stainless steel tube is a kind of widely-used products made of stainless steel materials.

Stainless steel tube can be classified into many types. Industrial stainless steel seamless pipe is one of the most widely-used types of stainless steel tubes. Also, according to the contents of various elements, the stainless steel pipe can be divided into many grades. For example, there are 304 stainless steel, 304L stainless steel, 316 stainless steel, 316L stainless steel and so on. When you wholesale industrial stainless steel seamless pipe, do you know how to select a grade?

Firstly, corrosion or Heat Resistance, the primary reason for specifying stainless. The specifier needs to know the nature of the environment and the degree of corrosion or heat resistance required.

Secondly, fabrication Operations and how the product will be made (e.g., forging, machining, forming, welding, stamping, roll forming, four-slide operations).

Thirdly, mechanical properties, particularly strength at room, elevated or low temperature. The combination of corrosion resistance and strength is the basis for selection.

Do you know how we can we identify the grade of the industrial stainless steel seamless pipe? The content of the chromium, manganese, molybdenum, nickel and silicon affects the performance and characteristics of stainless steel tubes. For example, manganese improves hot-working properties. Above 2% increases yield strength and tensile strength (as in the 201 grade). The silicon increases scaling resistance by forming a tight initial scale that will withstand cyclic temperature changes; also slightly increases tensile strength and hardness. With different content of different elements, industrial stainless steel seamless pipe of different grades have different advantages. Type 301 stainless steel tube is an austenitic chromium-nickel stainless steel that can attain high tensile strength and ductility by cold-working. 304L stainless steel tube has an extra-low carbon content and is a variation of Type 304.

Apart from the industrial stainless steel seamless pipe, the stainless steel pipe fittings also play an important role in the industrial fields. For further information about stainless steel tube, you can go to www.sssshangshang.com.