Stainless Steel pipe fittings 316 pipe bend ideal for applications that risk potential exposure to chloride
316 stainless steel pipe bend has excellent corrosion resistance in many environments. It gives good service in atmospheric conditions, resisting most environments and is often used in marine conditions, or where industrial pollution is heavy.
Stainless Steel 316 offers better creep resistance at higher temperatures and greater strength than Stainless Steel 304. In the annealed state, Stainless Steel 316 is non-magnetic but can become slightly magnetic if extensively cold worked, further annealing would be necessary to correct this. Stainless Steel 316 cannot be hardened using thermal treatment. While 300-series stainless steels are very popular, they aren¡¯t universally appropriate for all process piping applications. For instance, even though they¡¯re corrosion-resistant, 300-series formulas do not perform well in the presence of chlorides. Steels with much higher concentrations of alloys like molybdenum, chromium and nickel are preferred in those scenarios.
