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- Alloy 321 cannot be hardened by heat treatment, only by cold working. It can be easily welded and processed by standard shop fabrication practices.
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It was developed for enhanced creep resistance and for higher strength at temperatures above 1000°F (537°C). In most instances, the carbon content of the plate enables dual certification. Alloy 321 cannot be hardened by heat treatment, only by cold working.
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Stainless steels (SS) are typically classified, according to their microstructure, into the following types: austenitic, ferritic, martensitic, duplex (ferritic–austenitic), and precipitation-hardenable (PH). The most common types are the austenitic, ferritic, and martensitic stainless steels and they have been known for 100 years [1, 2]. Austeniti...
General heat treating of stainless steels may involve quenching and tempering/aging applied to 400-series martensitic and age hardening SS. Treatment like that allows for hardening martensitic SS to the level of 60 HRc. The other SS cannot be hardened to such a high hardness level in conventional way. In those situations, thermochemical surface eng...
It has been known that nitriding of austenitic stainless steels in the conventional temperature range of 450-600° C (840-1100°F) lowers their corrosion resistance, because of the multi-phase structure of the nitrided layer. In those situations, low temperature treatment, below 450°C (840°F) can be carried out for forming supersaturated solution wit...
Jan 10, 2023 · This unique alloy can withstand harsh temperatures up to 1500°F due to its high nickel and chromium content. As a result, 321 stainless steel is commonly used in applications where heat treatment isn’t suitable or economical.
to harden an alloy. Hardenability is the capability of an alloy to be hardened by heat treatment. There are several hardening treatments. Quench Hardening. For ferrous alloys, quench hardening is an austenite-forming (austenitizing) heat treatment, followed by cooling at a rate such that a substantial amount of austenite transforms to ...
Heat Treatment Recommended annealing temperature for TP321 and 321 wrought stainless steel: 1040 °C (1900 °F); Minimum 1095 °C (2000 °F) for cold-worked 321H and 1050 °C (1095 °F) for hot-finished 321H
May 15, 2014 · Introduction. Generally all austenitic stainless steels cannot be hardened by heat treatment but are hardened through work hardening or through utilisation of alloying elements or through grain size refinement.
Alloy 321 cannot be hardened by heat treatment, only by cold working. It can be easily welded and processed by standard shop fabrication practices. Common Applications. Aerospace – piston engine manifolds; Chemical Processing; Expansion Joints; Food Processing – equipment and storage; Petroleum Refining – polythionic acid service
