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What are the key properties and characteristics of Stainless Steel 304/304L/304H bars, rods, and wires?
Stainless Steel 304/304L/304H Bars, Rods, and Wires possess a range of key properties and characteristics contributing to their widespread use in various industries. One of their notable features is their exceptional corrosion resistance, which makes them highly suitable for applications in corrosive environments such as chemical processing, marine environments, and food processing industries. Additionally, these stainless steel variants offer high strength, providing structural integrity and durability to bars, rods, and wires in diverse applications. Another important attribute is their excellent formability, enabling easy fabrication into different shapes and forms.
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What are the main applications and industries that utilize Stainless Steel 304/304L/304H bars, rods, and wires?
Stainless Steel 304 bars find extensive utilization across various industries due to their desirable properties and versatility. These bars are commonly employed in structural components, architectural trim, and decorative elements in the construction industry. They are also widely used in kitchen equipment manufacturing, including sinks, countertops, and appliances, owing to their corrosion resistance and hygienic properties.
Stainless Steel 304L rods are widely utilized across multiple industries for their excellent properties and versatility. In the chemical processing industry, these rods are used extensively in constructing reactors, heat exchangers, piping systems, and storage tanks, where their corrosion resistance and resistance to chemical substances ensure the safe handling of corrosive fluids and chemicals. The pharmaceutical industry also relies on Stainless Steel 304L rods for manufacturing equipment such as pharmaceutical mixers, blenders, and vessels, where the rods' hygienic properties and corrosion resistance are crucial for maintaining product integrity and purity.
The power generation sector also relies on Stainless Steel 304H wires for applications such as boiler tubes, super heater tubes, and turbine blades, where their high-temperature strength and oxidation resistance are crucial for efficient and reliable power generation. In the automotive industry, these wires are utilized in exhaust systems and engine components exposed to elevated temperatures and corrosive gases. Stainless Steel 304H wires find applications in the aerospace industry, particularly in manufacturing jet engine components, exhaust systems, and aircraft structural parts, where their high-temperature strength, resistance to oxidation, and reliability are essential.
| SS Bar Wire Standard | ASTM A276 / A479, ASME SA276 / A479 ASTM A580 ASME SA580 / ASTM A313 ASME SA313, AMS 5514 |
| Stainless Steel Bar Dimensions | EN, DIN, JIS, ASTM, BS, ASME, AISI |
| Stainless Steel Round bar size | Diameter: 3-~800mm |
| Stainless Steel Hex Bar size | 2-100mm A/F |
| SS Flat bar size | Thickness: 2 -100mm |
| Width: 10 to 500mm | |
| Stainless Steel Square bar size | 4 to 100mm |
| SS Wire Length | Cut Lengths: 0.125" to 72" No Limit on Spooled Lengths |
| SS Wires Diameter | 0.0004" to 0.040" 10 microns to 1.0 mm Other Sizes on Request |
| Wire Condition | M, Y, 1/2Hard |
| SS Angle bar size | 3mm*20mm*20mm~12mm*100mm*100mm |
| SS Rectangular Bars Section | 3.0 to 12.0mm thickness |
| ASTM A276 Type Hollow Bar | 32mm OD x 16mm ID to 250mm OD x 200mm ID) |
| SS Threaded Bar Billet Size | 1/2 to 495mm Diameter |
| Stainless Steel Rectangular Size | 33 x 30mm to 295 x 1066mm |
| SS Hex Bars Finish | Cold (bright) drawn, centreless ground, hot rolled, smooth turned, peeled, slit rolled edge, hot rolled annealed, Rough Turned, Bright, Polish, Grinding, Centreless Ground & Black |
| ASTM A276 SS Type Hollow Bar Tolerance | H8, H9, H10, H11, H12, H13K9, K10, K11, K12 or as per clients’ requirements |
| T-Bar Surface | Bright, Hot Rolled Pickled, Cold Drawn, Sand Blasting Finished, Polished, Hairline |
| Tempers | Tempers range from dead soft annealed to ultra spring temper |
| Rolled Stainless Steel Flat Bars Condition | Hardened & tempered, annealed |
| ASTM A276 Type Cold Rolled Bar Technique | Stainless Steel Hot Rolled, Cold Drawn, Cold Rolled, Forged Round Bar, Rod |
| Stainless Steel Rounds Bar Form | Round, Rod, T-Bar, Channel Bar, Precision Ground Bar, Flat Bar, Square, Blocks, Round Rod, Rings, Hollow, Triangle, Rectangle, Hex (A/F), Threaded, Half Round Bar, Profiles, Billet, Ingot, I/H Bar, Forging etc. |
| Wire available in form of | Flat, Coil, mesh, Knitted wire mesh, spring, stranded and twisted |
| USA | France | North America | Germany | Germany | Italy | Japan | Russia | Spain | Sweden | UK | European Union |
| AISI | AFNOR | UNS | DIN 17006 | W.N. 17007 | UNI | JIS | GOST | UNE | SIS | BSI | EURONORM |
| 304 | Z 6 CN 18-09 | S30400 | X 5 CrNi 18 10 X 5 CrNi 18 12 | 1.4301 | X 5 CrNi 1810 | SUS 304 | 08KH18N10 06KH18N11 | X 6 CrNi 19-10 | 23 32 | 304S15 304S16 | X 6 CrNi 18 10 |
| 304L | Z 2 CN 18-10 | S30403 | X 2 CrNi 18 11 | 1.4306 | X 2 CrNi 1911 | SUS 304L | 03KH18N11 | X 2 CrNi 19-10 | 23 52 | 304S11 | X 3 CrNi 18 10 |
| 304H | - | S30409 | - | 1.4948 | X 8 CrNi 1910 | SUS F 304H | - | X 6 CrNi 19-10 | - | - | - |
| Grade | C | N | Si | P | S | Cr | Mn | Ni | Fe |
| 304 | 0.08 max | 0.10 max | 0.75 max | 0.045 max | 0.030 max | 18.0 - 20.0 | 2.0 max | 8.0 - 10.5 | Remainder |
| 304L | 0.03 max | 0.10 max | 0.75 max | 0.045 max | 0.030 max | 18.0 - 20.0 | 2.0 max | 8.0 - 12.0 | Remainder |
| 304H | 0.04 - 0.10 | 0.10 max | 0.75 max | 0.045 max | 0.030 max | 18.0 - 20.0 | 2.0 max | 8.0 - 10.5 | Remainder |
| Grade | Tensile Strength (ksi) | 0.2% Yield Strength (ksi) | Elongation% in 2 inches |
| 304 | 75 | 30 | 40 |
| 304L | 70 | 25 | 40 |
| 304H | 75 | 30 | 40 |
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