18 SR Stainless Steel

DESCRIPTION 
Type 18 SR Stainless Steel provides excellent resistance to high-temperature scaling. 18SR is readily welded by conventional methods. It is not subject to embrittlement or loss of corrosion resistance in the heat-affected zones that affects many other straight chromium alloys. This alloy is especially valuable for applications requiring high-temperature scaling resistance superior to Types 409, 430 and 304 stainless steels and for those applications where Types 442 and 446 give only marginal protection. 

PRODUCT FORMS 
Sheet, Strip 
 
SPECIFICATIONS 
ASTM A 167 and ASTM A240 
 
TYPICAL APPLICATIONS 
Industrial ovens, blowers, exhaust systems, furnace equipment, heaters, induction furnaces and furnace tubes, annealing boxes, baffle plates, heat exchangers, resistor grids, kiln liners and pyrometer tubes. 
 
CORROSION 
18 SR Stainless Steel provides corrosion resistance comparable to other ferritic 18% Cr stainless alloys and approaches Type 304 in many aqueous media. 

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES: (TYPICAL)

Type 

Yield Strength 0.2% offset (KSI) 

Tensile Strength (KSI) 

% Elongation (2” Gauge Length) 

18SR 

56 min. 

78 min 

30 min. 

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION: (TYPICAL)

Element 

Type 18SR 

Carbon 

0.015 max. 

Manganese 

0.30 max. 

Chromium 

17.30 

Nickel 

0.25 

Titanium 

0.25 

Aluminum 

1.7 

INformation

ISO Certified

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Phone: 847-257-6570

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