304L Grade Stainless Steel Specifications and Uses

What is Stainless 304L Quality?

Features of 304L grade stainless steel, which is the low carbon version of 304 grade stainless steel;

  • Corrosion resistance is the same as 304 stainless steel and is quite good. The stress relieving feature and especially after welding may occur between the beads.
  • Excellent resistance to corrosion.
  • It shows corrosion resistance without heat treatment.
  • Generally used below 400 ° C.
  • It is not magnetic. The operating range is between -196 ° C and +800 ° C.

Usage areas

It is widely used in the machinery and equipment used in the chemical industry, in the coal and petroleum industry where high intergranular corrosion resistance is needed, in construction materials, in parts of heat-resistant tools and in parts that are difficult to heat-treat.