Stainless Steel 316L Pipe

Stainless Steel 316L Pipe is an extra low carbon containing version of its parent stainless steel grade 316. The lower content of carbon in the ASTM specified sa312 tp316L pipe minimizes deleterious carbide precipitation, which often is a result of performing welding on stainless steels. Consequently, grade 316L stainless steel schedule 10 could be used when welding is required to be performed and in order to ensure that the alloy has maximum corrosion resistance during and after welding. Its predecessor alloy i.e. stainless steel grade 316 is more liable as opposed to stainless steel astm a312 tp316L to weld decay. Hence, ASTM A312 specified stainless steel 316L ERW pipes tends to be a great fit for applications involving not only high temperature environments, but also high corrosion uses. Which is why Stainless Steel 316L Pipes are considered to be very popular for use across many industries, particularly in key fields such as in construction and marine projects.

Also since 316L stainless steel seamless pipes has the ability to resist corrosion even in polluted marine atmospheres, this alloy grade is often referred to as marine grade. In fact, due to its corrosion resistance properties, the stainless steel pipe 1.4436 is often utilized in process streams which contain either chlorides or halides. The addition of molybdenum in the alloy of these pipes is what improves its resistance to general corrosion and chloride pitting.