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Stainless Plate:
Stainless Steel Properties
With an extensive inventory of austenitic, martensitic,
duplex, and precipitation-hardened stainless plate grades,
Sandmeyer Steel Company offers the high quality products
and the competitive prices that industries need. Stainless
plate is known for its corrosion resistance, however,
properties vary by grade and include characteristics
such as:
- Sulfidation resistance
- Oxidation resistance
- Galling and seizing resistance
- Erosion and abrasion resistance
- High strength at low temperatures
- Aesthetic finish and reflectivity
- Retention of a cutting edge
- Electrical resistivity
- Thermal conductivity
- Suitability for cleaning
Types of Stainless
Plate at Sandmeyer Steel Company
Austenitic Stainless Plate
The austenitic grade of stainless plate is the most
commonly used and fills about 70% of the stainless plate
needs of the manufacturing world. In addition to its
ability to perform in a wide range of temperatures,
austenitic stainless plate provides a good level of
machinability in addition to corrosion resistance.
Martensitic Stainless Plate
Martensitic stainless plate is an excellent choice when
hardness, strength, and wear resistance are more important
than corrosion resistance. Its highest level corrosion
resistance is attained when it is hardened and stress
relieved. With a relatively high carbon content, martensitic
stainless plate grades are able to achieve high strength
as well as good ductility when heat treated.
Duplex Stainless Plate
Combining equal amounts of austenite and ferrite, duplex,
lean duplex, and super duplex stainless plates contain
relatively low levels of nickel and high levels of chromium.
This composition gives duplex excellent corrosion resistance
and stress corrosion cracking resistance as well as
good machinability.
Precipitation Hardened Stainless
Plate
Precipitation hardened stainless plate has been strengthened
by heat treating. This process differs metallurgically
from that which is used to strengthen martensitic grades.
Precipitation hardened stainless plate combines high
strength and hardness as well as high levels of corrosion
and oxidation resistance.
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