Jindal Stainless - Gual Steel

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t y p e s o f s t a i n l e s s s t e e l
Stainless Steel grades are essentially alloys of iron
with more than 11% chromium. These grades may contain
additional elements of nickel, manganese, carbon,
nitrogen and silicon. They can further be modified for
special purposes by addition of molybdenum, titanium,
niobium, silicon, sulphur etc. A wide range of these grades
have been developed based on specific requirements.
These are classified into following categories based on
their micro structure:
Ferritic Stainless Steel Martensitic Stainless Steel
Ferritic Stainless
Martensitic Stainless
Steel grades are nonhardenable
plain
chromium grades
Steel grades are plain
chromium grades with containing 12% to 18% of
chromium content varying chromium with relatively
from 11% to 28% and with high carbon content (0.1%
low carbon content. These – 1.2%). Initially developed
are magnetic and exhibit for cutlery, these are well
a better resistance to suited for applications
corrosion than martensitic requiring high hardness
grades. These grades are and resistance to abrasion
employed in applications and erosion. These
where the desired
grades are magnetic and
formability, weldability display fair cold forming
and corrosion resistance characteristics. Although
is between those of these can be hardened by
martensitic and austenitic air-cooling, oil quenching
types. The ferritics can is sometimes used to
be polished or buffed to assure uniform hardening.
achieve high lustre. These grades can be