Although 304 stainless steel plate is very commonly used in equipment and parts with good comprehensive performance. But due to improper use or production process, the performance of 304 stainless steel plate does not work well and is questioned. In fact, any article has its own specific use environment, beyond this range, there will be unexpected things happen. In order to better avoid such incidents, BBN steel gives below suggestions:
Environmental problems. 304 stainless steel plate needs to keep clean and tidy. If there is chloride ion in the environment, then corrosion of 304 stainless steel plate may be faster than ordinary low carbon steel.
2. Is there any solid solution. That is to say, there is no alloy element dissolved in the matrix, which will reduce the alloy element content and lead to poor corrosion resistance of 304 stainless steel plate.
3. Tendency of intergranular corrosion. In order to prevent such phenomena, titanium and niobium were added to 304 stainless steel plate during the manufacturing process, and then stabilized to reduce intergranular corrosion.
4. Chromium content requirements. 304 stainless steel plate is produced in accordance with the American ASTM standard. 304 stainless steel plate must contain more than 18% chromium in order to maintain the inherent corrosion resistance. This is mainly because chromium forms a very thin chromium film on the surface of 304 stainless steel plate, which acts as a corrosion-resistant barrier to oxygen in the steel.
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