Super Austenitic Stainless Steel
These highly alloyed grades are fully austenitic and provide excellent corrosion resistance, especially to chloride, pitting, crevice, and stress corrosion cracking. These alloys may be a lower cost alternative to nickel base alloys depending on the application.
| Alloy Properties | |
|---|---|
| Representative Alloys | CN3MN, CK3MCuN |
| Applications | Where good resistance to chloride pitting corrosion and stress corrosion cracking |
| Limitations | Lower strength, prone to hot-shortness |
| Typical Uses | Desalination applications |
| Machinability | Fair |
| Weldability | Fair, special precautions are necessary along with post-weld heat treatment |
| Corrosion Resistance | Very good |
