316L stainless steel sheet is one of the most popular stainless steel products. Kloeckner Metals is proud to supply it nationwide throughout our network of 40+ branches.
| Grade | Sizes Routinely Stocked | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Thickness | Width | Length | |
| 316L | Inquire for sizes |
316L stainless steel sheet is one of the most versatile stainless products. Its excels in marine, city, rural, freshwater, and soil exposure – showing no rust, pitting, or staining. Its superior corrosion resistance makes it suitable for applications like digesters, space jet engine components, mining, and medical device equipment.
This stainless steel grade shows high strength and hardness at cryogenic temperatures. It demonstrates excellent corrosion resistance and can be conveniently welded. It is highly ductile and formable. One disadvantage of 316L is that it is non-hardenable by heat treatment.
316L stainless steel sheet is most commonly used in the food and dairy, textile, chemical processing, pharmaceutical, and bioprocessing industries for a range of applications.
Digesters, chemical processing equipment, and applications with prolonged exposure to cryogenic temperatures or corrosive environments are common for this grade.
It is machinable. However, for best machining outcomes it it best to machine this stainless steel grade with lubrication, large feed rate, and slow speed, and sharp strong tooling.
316L is weldable.
It is not heat treatable.
This stainless steel grade shows high strength and hardness at cryogenic temperatures. It demonstrates excellent corrosion resistance and can be conveniently welded. It is highly ductile and formable. One disadvantage of 316L is that it is non-hardenable by heat treatment.
316L stainless steel sheet is most commonly used in the food and dairy, textile, chemical processing, pharmaceutical, and bioprocessing industries for a range of applications.
Digesters, chemical processing equipment, and applications with prolonged exposure to cryogenic temperatures or corrosive environments are common for this grade.
It is machinable. However, for best machining outcomes it it best to machine this stainless steel grade with lubrication, large feed rate, and slow speed, and sharp strong tooling.
316L is weldable.
It is not heat treatable.
| C | Mn | P | S | Si | Cr | Ni | Mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.03% max | 2% | 0.045% | 0.03% max | 1.00 | 18 - 20% | 10 - 14% | 2 - 3% |
| Mechanical Properties | ||
|---|---|---|
| Metric | Imperial | |
| Tensile Strength, Ultimate | 538 MPa | 78 ksi |
| Tensile Strength, Yield | 207 MPa | 30 ksi |
| Elongation at Break (in 2") | 55% | 55% |
| Rockwell Hardness | B76 | B76 |
ANSWER:
316L is more resistant to atmospheric corrosion than many other stainless steel grades. The combination of molybdenum and nickel make it more resistant to most environments (with the exception of nitric acid). When standing up to chloride, phosphoric, or sulfuric acid at moderate to high concentration levels, this grade shows minimal contamination, pitting, and crevice corrosion, even at sustained temperatures up to 120°F. It performs extremely well at temperatures below 100°F.
ANSWER:
316L is the ultra low carbon variant, with just slightly less carbon at .03% vs .08%. It has a high chromium content between 18% and 20%, a nickel content between 10% and 14%, and molybdenum between 2% and 3%. The lower carbon variant performs better in corrosive environments.
ANSWER:
The max Brinell hardness number for 316L stainless is 217.
ANSWER:
316L is more resistant to atmospheric corrosion than many other stainless steel grades. The combination of molybdenum and nickel make it more resistant to most environments (with the exception of nitric acid). When standing up to chloride, phosphoric, or sulfuric acid at moderate to high concentration levels, this grade shows minimal contamination, pitting, and crevice corrosion, even at sustained temperatures up to 120°F. It performs extremely well at temperatures below 100°F.
ANSWER:
316L is the ultra low carbon variant, with just slightly less carbon at .03% vs .08%. It has a high chromium content between 18% and 20%, a nickel content between 10% and 14%, and molybdenum between 2% and 3%. The lower carbon variant performs better in corrosive environments.
ANSWER:
The max Brinell hardness number for 316L stainless is 217.
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