Handbook of Stainless Steels

addition AISI Type alloys containing annealed applications atmosphere austenitic stainless steels brazing carbon content carbon steel cast chloride chromium content cold-worked composition cooling corrosion rate corrosion resistance Cr steels crevice corrosion decarburization deformation diameter ductility effect of nickel elements elevated temperatures Elongation embrittlement extrusion Fe-Cr-Ni ferritic stainless steels forging formation furnace grades hardening heat treatment heat-treated high-temperature higher hydrogen impact increased intergranular corrosion interstitial Iron Steel Inst ksi MN/m² lubricant machining martensitic stainless steels material mechanical properties melting microstructure mold molybdenum nickel nickel content nitric acid nitrogen operations oxidation oxygen Phosphoric acid pitting powder precipitation-hardenable produced quenched reactor reduced room temperature salt bath shown in Fig sigma phase sintering slag sodium solution stability stress stress-corrosion cracking structure sulfide sulfuric acid surface Table temperature temperature range tensile strength tests thermal titanium tool toughness Trans transformation tube welding yield strength