Stainless steel, including austenitic stainless steel, is strong, durable, and resistant to corrosion, making it a popular choice for a wide range of applications. Image Credit: Ulbrich Stainless ...

Austenite (γ), is a solid solution, that is, the component elements are arranged as if in solution (it also exists as an allotrope of pure iron). All steel exists in this form at sufficiently high ...

Superaustenitic stainless steels are high-performance alloys engineered for extreme environments. With superior corrosion ...

Finally, at about 1,350°F, the lower end of the transformation temperature range for 1020 steel, the last remaining austenite tries to transform in spite of the rich carbon concentrations.

Due to this difference, ferritic stainless steels are generally magnetic while austenitic stainless steels usually are not. A ferritic stainless steel owes its magnetism to two factors ...

The good formability of austenite was derived from its face-centered cubic (FCC) structure that features 12 slip systems. Figure 1. Ferritic stainless steel has a bodycentered cubic (BCC) crystal ...

Free-machining stainless steel may only be 40 to 50% as efficient to machine as brass. And other austenitic stainless steels may be less than 40% as efficient to machine. One aspect of stainless ...