Ngokuvamile, uhlobo lwe-316 Ibanga le-316 lingabhekwa ngokulinganayo endaweni enikeziwe. Ukuhluka okuphawuleka kungukugqwala okuthethelwe ngaphakathi endaweni ethintekile ekushiseni kuma-welds kanye nama-alloys asezingeni elifanele ezindaweni ezizolahla ngokwanele. Kumithombo yabezindaba, thayipha i-316l ilungele kakhulu izimo ze-welding kunohlobo 316 ngoba okuqukethwe okuphansi kwekhabhoni kukhulisa ukumelana nokugqwala komoya.
Uhlobo 316 lumelana kakhulu nezixazululo ze-sulfuric acid kunanoma yiluphi olunye uhlobo lwe-chromium-nickel. Uhlobo lwe-316 luyamelana nokugxila kwe-acid kuze kufike ku-5% emazingeni okushisa aze afike ku-120¡ãf (49¡Ãc). Lolu hlobo lunokumelana kahle nokugxila okuphezulu emazingeni okushisa angaphansi kwe-100¡Ã f (38¡Ãc c).
Ukucaciswa kwe-UNS S31803 (ASTM F51) kudluliselwe kakhulu yi-UNS S32205 (1.4462, ASTM F60). Lokhu kukhombisa isifiso sabo sokwandisa izakhiwo zokugqwala kwe-alloy, ngenxa yokuthuthukiswa kwenqubo yokwenza insimbi ye-AOD, okuvumela ukulawulwa okunzima kokwakheka. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kuvumela ukuthonya izinga lesengezo le-nitrogen kunokuba nje likhona njengento yangemuva. Ngakho-ke, amamaki aphezulu aphezulu kakhulu afuna ukukhulisa okuqukethwe kwe-chromium (CR), i-molybdenum (mo) ne-nitrogen (n).