Stainless Steel 310 1.4845

This data sheet applies to stainless steel 310 / 1.4845 hot and cold rolled sheet, strip and bars, semi-finished products, rods and sections as well as for seamless and welded steel tubes for mechanical and general engineering purposes.

Application

For construction parts which should be resistant to scaling up to about 1050°C and extensively inured to the effect of sulfurous gases, especially above 900°C, is very low.

Chemical Compositions

Element	% Present (in product form)
	C, H, P, L	TW* / TS*
Carbon (C)	≤0.10	≤0.15
Silicon (Si)	≤1.50	≤0.75
Manganese (Mn)	≤2.00	≤2.00
Phosphorous (P)	≤0.045	≤0.045
Sulfur (S)	≤0.015	≤0.030
Chromium (Cr)	24.00 - 26.00	24.00 - 26.00
Nickel (Ni)	19.00 - 22.00	19.00 - 22.00
Nitrogen (N)	≤0.11	-
Iron (Fe)	Balance	Balance

Chemical Compositions

Element	% Present (in product form)
	C, H, P, L	TW* / TS*
Carbon (C)	≤0.10	≤0.15
Silicon (Si)	≤1.50	≤0.75
Manganese (Mn)	≤2.00	≤2.00
Phosphorous (P)	≤0.045	≤0.045
Sulfur (S)	≤0.015	≤0.030
Chromium (Cr)	24.00 - 26.00	24.00 - 26.00
Nickel (Ni)	19.00 - 22.00	19.00 - 22.00
Nitrogen (N)	≤0.11	-
Iron (Fe)	Balance	Balance

Mechanical properties _{(at room temperature in annealed condition)}

			Product Form
			C, H, P	L	TW* / TS*
Thickness a or diamter d (mm)			a ≤ 12	d ≤ 25	-
Hardness HB max. ^{1) 2) 3)}			192	192	-
Proof Strength³⁾		R_p0.2 N/mm²	210	210	230
Proof Strength³⁾		R_p1.0 N/mm²	230	230	270
Tensile Strength		R^m N/mm²	500 - 700	500 - 700	min. 500
Elongation min. in %	Long Products		35¹⁾	35¹⁾	33⁴⁾ / 35^₅₎
	Flat Products	0.5 ≤ a/d < 3	33⁴⁾⁵⁾	33⁴⁾⁵⁾	35⁴⁾⁵⁾⁶⁾
	Flat Products	3 ≤ a/d	35⁴⁾⁵⁾	35⁴⁾⁵⁾	35⁴⁾⁵⁾⁶⁾

Mechanical properties _{(at room temperature in annealed condition)}

			Product Form
			C, H, P	L	TW* / TS*
Thickness a or diamter d (mm)			a ≤ 12	d ≤ 25	-
Hardness HB max. ^{1) 2) 3)}			192	192	-
Proof Strength³⁾		R_p0.2 N/mm²	210	210	230
R_p1.0 N/mm²	230	230	270
Tensile Strength		R^m N/mm²	500 - 700	500 - 700	min. 500
Elongation min. in %	Long Products		35¹⁾	35¹⁾	33⁴⁾ / 35^₅₎
Flat Products	0.5 ≤ a/d < 3	33⁴⁾⁵⁾	33⁴⁾⁵⁾	35⁴⁾⁵⁾⁶⁾
3 ≤ a/d	35⁴⁾⁵⁾	35⁴⁾⁵⁾	35⁴⁾⁵⁾⁶⁾

Creep Properties _{(estimated average values about the long-term behaviour at elevated temperature^*)}

	1% Elongation¹⁾ for		Rupture²⁾ for
Temperature °C	1,000 h N/mm²	10,000 h N/mm²	1,000 h N/mm²	10,000 h N/mm²	100,000 h N/mm²
600	100	90	170	130	80
700	45	30	80	40	18
800	18	10	35	18	7
900	10	4	15	8.5	3

Creep Properties _{(estimated average values about the long-term behaviour at elevated temperature^*)}

	1% Elongation¹⁾ for		Rupture²⁾ for
Temperature °C	1,000 h N/mm²	10,000 h N/mm²	1,000 h N/mm²	10,000 h N/mm²	100,000 h N/mm²
600	100	90	170	130	80
700	45	30	80	40	18
800	18	10	35	18	7
900	10	4	15	8.5	3

Reference data on some physical properties

Density at 20°C kg/m³		7.9
Thermal Conductivity W/m K at	20°C	15
Thermal Conductivity W/m K at	500°C	19
Specific Thermal Capacity at 20°C J/kg K		500
Electrical Resistivity at 20°C Ω mm² /m		0.85

Reference data on some physical properties

Density at 20°C kg/m³		7.9
Thermal Conductivity W/m K at	20°C	15
500°C	19
Specific Thermal Capacity at 20°C J/kg K		500
Electrical Resistivity at 20°C Ω mm² /m		0.85

Coefficient of linear thermal expansion 10^-6 K^-1 between 20°C and

200°C	15.5
400°C	17.0
600°C	17.5
800°C	18.5
1000°C	19.0

Coefficient of linear thermal expansion 10^-6 K^-1 between 20°C and

200°C	15.5
400°C	17.0
600°C	17.5
800°C	18.5
1000°C	19.0

Processing / Welding

Standard welding processes for this steel grade are:

TIG-Welding
MAG-Welding Solid Wire
Arc Welding (E)
Laser Beam Welding

Preheating is not necessary for this steel. Interpass temperature should not exceed 150°C. Heat treatment after welding is normally not usual. Austenitic steels have only 30% of the thermal conductivity of non-alloyed steels. Their fusion point is lower than that of non-alloyed steels, therefore austentic steels have to be welded with lower heat input than non-alloyed steels. To avoid overheating or burn-through of thinner sheets, higher welding speed has to be applied. Copper back-up plates for faster heat rejection are functional, whereas, to avoid cracks in the solder metal, it is not allowed to surface-fuse the copper back-up plate. This steel has an extensively higher coefficient of thermal expansion as non-alloyed steels. In connection with a worse thermal conductivity, a greater distortion has to be expected. When welding 1.4845 all procedures, which work against this distortion (e.g. back-step sequence welding, welding alternately on opposite sides with double-V butt weld, assignment of two welders when the components are accordingly large) have to be respected notably. For product thicknesses over 12mm the double-V butt weld has to be preferred instead of a single-V butt weld. The included angle should be 60° - 70°, when using MIG-welding about 50° is enough. An accumulation of weld seams should be avoided. Tack welds have to be affixed with relatively shorter distances from each other (significantly shorter than those of non-alloyed steels), in order to prevent strong deformation, shrinking or flaking tack welds. The tacks should be subsequently grinded or at least be free from crater cracks. 1.4845 in connection with austenitic weld metal and too high heat input the addiction to heat cracks exists. The addiction to heat cracks can be confined, if the weld metal features a lower content of ferrite (delta ferrite). Contents of ferrite up to 10% have a favourable effect and do not affect the corrosion resistance generally. The thinnest layer possible has to be welded (stringer bead technique) because a higher cooling speed decreases the addiction to hot cracks. A preferably fast cooling has to be aspired whole welding as well, to avoid the vulnerability to intergranular corrosion and embrittlement. 1.4845 is very suitable for laser beam welding. With a welding groove width smaller 0.3mm respectively 0.1mm product thickness the use of filler metals is not necessary. With larger welding grooves a similar filler metal can be used. With avoiding oxidation within the seam surface during laser beam welding by applicable backhand welding, e.g. Helium as inhert gas, the welding seam is as corrosion resistant as the base metal. A hot crack hazard for the welding seam does not exist, when choosing an applicable process. 1.4845 is also suitable for laser beam fusion cutting with nitrogen or flame cutting with oxygen. The cut edges only have small heat affected zones and are generally free of micro cracks and thus are well formable. While choosing an applicable process the fusion cut edges can be converted directly. Especially, they can be welded without any further preparation. While processing only stainless tools like steel brushes , pneumatic picks and so on are allowed, in order to not endanger the passivation. It should be neglected to mark within the welding seam zone with oleaginous bolts or temperature indicating crayons. The high corrosion resistance of this stainless steel is based on the formation of a homogeneous, compact passive layer on the surface. Annealing colours, scales, slag residues, tramp iron, spatters and such like have to be removed, in order to not destroy the passive layer. For cleaning the surface the processes brushing, grinding, pickling or blasting (iron-free silica sand or glass spheres) can be applied. For brushing only stainless steel brushes can be used. Pickling of the previously brushed seam area is carried out by dipping and spraying, however, often pickling pastes or solutions are used. After pickling a careful flush with water has to be done.

Remark

In quenched condition the material can be slightly magnetizable. With increasing cold forming the magnetizability increases. Heat resisting tubes are delivered regarding testing in accordance to DIN EN 10296-2 respectively DIN EN 10297-2. In Germany, SEW 470 still applies for heat resisting tubes.

Editor

thyssenkrupp Materials (UK) Ltd
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Cradley Heath
West Midlands
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Important Note

Information given in this data sheet about the condition or usability of materials respectively products are no warranty for their properties, but act as a description. The information, we give on for advice, comply to the experiences of the manufacturer as well as our own. We cannot give warranty for the results of processing and application of the products.

Stainless Steel 310 1.4845

Application

Chemical Compositions

Chemical Compositions

Mechanical properties (at room temperature in annealed condition)

Mechanical properties (at room temperature in annealed condition)

Creep Properties (estimated average values about the long-term behaviour at elevated temperature*)

Creep Properties (estimated average values about the long-term behaviour at elevated temperature*)

Reference data on some physical properties

Reference data on some physical properties

Coefficient of linear thermal expansion 10-6 K-1 between 20°C and

Coefficient of linear thermal expansion 10-6 K-1 between 20°C and

Processing / Welding

Remark

Editor

Important Note

Mechanical properties _{(at room temperature in annealed condition)}

Mechanical properties _{(at room temperature in annealed condition)}

Creep Properties _{(estimated average values about the long-term behaviour at elevated temperature^*)}

Creep Properties _{(estimated average values about the long-term behaviour at elevated temperature^*)}

Coefficient of linear thermal expansion 10^-6 K^-1 between 20°C and

Coefficient of linear thermal expansion 10^-6 K^-1 between 20°C and