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Stainless Steel Properties

What are common used finishing methods? There are four common used methods in the specification of surface finishes for stainless steel fabrications. They are grinding, polishing, buffing and brushing. 1. Grinding and Polishing The terms “Grinding” and “Polishing” are a form of machining, involving the removal of a layer of...

THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN 304 & 316 STAINLESS STEEL

Stainless Steel – 304 VS 316 304 with its chromium-nickel content, is the most versatile and widely used of the austenitic stainless steels. 304 stainless steel alloys has 18% chromium, 8%nickel austenitic alloy. 316 is an austenitic chromium-nickel stainless steel and has typical characteristic of anti-chemical corrodents such as sea...

How many types of stainless steel are there?

Stainless steels are usually grouped into 5 types:A.Ferritic: Ferritic stainless steels are based on Chromium with small amounts of carbon less than 0.1%.That means ferritic stainless steels are plain chromium steels (12 to 27 percent chromium) with no significant nickel content which results in lower corrosion resistant than austenitic stainless...