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The Atlas Specialty Metals Technical Handbook of Stainless Steels
Copyright © Atlas Specialty Metals Revised : July 2003 Atlas Specialty Metals Technical Services Department Technical Assistance Freecall: 1800 818 599 E-mail: tech@atlasmetals.com.au

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Technical Handbook of Stainless Steels
FOREWORD

This Technical Handbook has beenproduced as an aid to all personnel of Atlas Specialty Metals, their customers and the engineering community generally. It is intended to be both background reading for technical seminars conducted by Atlas Specialty Metals Technical Services Department, and also as a source of ongoing reference data. Any suggestions for improvements, additions or corrections would be very welcome; these should bedirected to: Manager Technical Services, Atlas Specialty Metals Telephone +61 3 9272 9999, E-mail tech@atlasmetals.com.au Copies of this handbook can be downloaded from the Atlas Specialty Metals web site. Details of specific products are given in the Atlas Specialty Metals “Specialty Steels, Product Reference Manual”, the series of Atlas Grade Data Sheets and in Atlas Technotes, as listed below; copiesof these are available on request from any Atlas Specialty Metals branch, or can be viewed or downloaded from the Atlas Specialty Metals Website. Atlas Specialty Metals Technotes 1. Qualitative Sorting Tests for Stainless Steels 2. Pitting & Crevice Corrosion of Stainless Steels 3. Stainless Steels - Properties & Equivalent Grades 4. Machining of Stainless Steels 5. Cleaning, Care & Maintenanceof Stainless Steels 6. Life Cycle Costing 7. Galvanic Corrosion 8. "L", "H" and Standard Grades of Stainless Steels 9. Stainless Steel Tube for the Food Industry Atlas Specialty Metals Grade Datasheets Concise datasheets, covering all the common stainless steels, include chemical composition, mechanical and physical properties, fabrication and application of each grade. Again these are availablefrom the Atlas Specialty Metals Website.

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Atlas Specialty Metals Technical Services Department comprises experienced metallurgists backed by our NATA-accredited mechanical testing laboratory. Our Materials Engineer offers a free information service, including: Steel grade selection Fabrication information Special steels applicationsSpecification assistance (equivalents of foreign specifications and trade names) Metallurgical properties of steel Supply of technical literature published by Atlas Specialty Metals and other metals institutions and bodies. This assistance is provided as a free service to Atlas Specialty Metals' valued customers, and to all members of the Australian engineering community. Freecall 1800 818 599 E-mailtech@atlasmetals.com.au

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Technical Handbook of Stainless Steels TABLE OF CONTENTS

FOREWORD TABLE OF CONTENTS THE FAMILY OF MATERIALS Steel Grade...