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austenitic steel
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composition of steel
- In stainless steel
Austenitic steels, which contain 16 to 26 percent chromium and up to 35 percent nickel, usually have the highest corrosion resistance. They are not hardenable by heat treatment and are nonmagnetic. The most common type is the 18/8, or 304, grade, which contains 18 percent…
Read More - In steel: Stainless steels
…are three major groups, the austenitic, the ferritic, and the martensitic.
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