Description

316L Stainless Steel Tube is a commonly used stainless steel pipe, primarily used in industrial pipelines for the petroleum, chemical, medical, food, light industry, and mechanical instrumentation industries, as well as in mechanical structural components. Its light weight, while maintaining comparable bending and torsional strength, makes it widely used in the manufacture of mechanical parts and engineering structures.

316L Stainless Steel Tube is a stainless steel grade produced in accordance with ASTM standards. Its corresponding national standard designation is 00Cr17Ni14Mo2, the old national standard designation is 022Cr17Ni12Mo2, and the unified numerical code is S31603 (GB/T14976-2012).

Features of 316L Stainless Steel Tube:

316L Stainless Steel Tube exhibits excellent performance even under high-temperature conditions, with high strength and good creep resistance. 316L Stainless Steel Tube can be formed and processed through a variety of methods, including cold working and hot working, making it suitable for the manufacture of various complex structures and components. 316L Stainless Steel Tube also offers excellent weldability and can be welded using all standard welding methods, such as TIG and MIG. The welded joints are strong and leak-tight.

The primary difference in chemical composition between 316L stainless steel tube and 304 stainless steel tube is that 316L stainless steel tube contains Mo. This makes 316L stainless steel tube more corrosion-resistant, even at high temperatures, than 304 stainless steel tube.

In addition, 316L stainless steel tube exhibits excellent toughness and oxidation resistance, enabling long-term stable operation in harsh chemical environments. These properties have made it widely used in the chemical industry, desalination, medical treatment, construction, and other fields, making it an indispensable material in these fields.

Standards and Classifications

Steel Grade	GB China	JIS Japan		ASTM America	Din German
Steel Grade	Steel Grade	Steel Grade	Steel Standard	Steel Grade	Steel Grade	Material	Steel Standard
Stainless Sour Resistant Steel Pipe/Tube	1Gr13	SUS410 TP	G3463	ASTM A268 TP410	X10Cr13	1.4006	DIN17440
	2Cr13			ASTM (SISI 420)	X20Cr13	1.4021	DIN17440
	1Cr17	SUS430 TB	G3463	ASTM A268 TP430/TP429	X8Cr17	1.4016	DIN17440
	0Cr18Ni9	SUS304 TP/TB	G3459 G3463	ASTM A312、A376、TP304 A213、A249、A268 TP304	X5CrNi189	1.4301	DIN17440
	1Cr18Ni9				X5CrNi189	1.4301	DIN17440
	0Cr18Ni10Ti 1Cr18Ni9Ti	SUS321 TP/TB	G3459 G3463	ASTM A312、A376 TP321 A213、A249、A266 TP321	X10CrNiTi189	1.4541	DIN17440
	0Cr18Ni13Mo2Ti	SUS316 TP/TB	G3459 G3463	ASTM A312、A376 TP316 A213、A249、A266 TP316
	0Cr18Ni13Mo3Ti	SUS317 TP/TB	G3459 G3463	ASTM A312、A376 TP316 A213、A249、A268 TP317
	00Cr18Ni10	SUS304L TP/TB	G3459 G3463	ASTM A312、A376 TP34L A213、A249、A268 TP304L	X2CrNi189	1.4306	DIN17440
	00Cr17Ni13Mo2	SUS316L TP/TB	G3459 G3463	ASTM A312、A376 TP316L A213、A249、A268 TP316L	X2CrNi810	1.4404	DIN17440
	00Cr17Ni13Mo3	SUS317L TP/TB	G3459 G3463	A312、A376、 TP317L A213、A249、A268 TP317L

STAINLESS STEEL CHEMICAL COMPONENT
Grade	C	Si	Mn	P	S	Ni	Cr	Mo
201	≤0.15	≤0.75	5.5-7.5	≤0.06	≤0.03	3.5-5.5	16.0-18.0	–
202	≤0.15	≤1.0	7.5-10.0	≤0.06	≤0.03	4.-6.0	17.0-19.0	–
301	≤0.15	≤1.0	≤2.0	≤0.045	≤0.03	6.0-8.0	16.0-18.0	–
302	≤0.15	≤1.0	≤2.0	≤0.035	≤0.03	8.0-10.0	17.0-19.0	–
304	≤0.08	≤1.0	≤2.0	≤0.045	≤0.03	8.0-10.5	18.0-20.0
304L	≤0.03	≤1.0	≤2.0	≤0.035	≤0.03	9.0-13.0	18.0-20.0
309S	≤0.08	≤1.0	≤2.0	≤0.045	≤0.03	12.0-15.0	22.0-24.0
310S	≤0.08	≤1.5	≤2.0	≤0.035	≤0.03	19.0-22.0	24.0-26.0
316	≤0.08	≤1.0	≤2.0	≤0.045	≤0.03	10.0-14.0	16.0-18.0	2.0-3.0
316L	≤0.03	≤1.0	≤2.0	≤0.045	≤0.03	12.0-15.0	16.0-18.0	2.0-3.0
321	≤0.08	≤1.0	≤2.0	≤0.035	≤0.03	9.0-13.0	17.0-19.0	–
904L	≤2.0	≤0.045	≤1.0	≤0.035	–	23.0-28.0	19.0-23.0	4.0-5.0
2205	≤0.03	≤1.0	≤2.0	≤0.030	≤0.02	4.5-6.5	22.0-23.0	3.0-3.5
2507	≤0.03	≤0.80	≤1.2	≤0.035	≤0.02	6.0-8.0	24.0-26.0	3.0-5.0
2520	≤0.08	≤1.5	≤2.0	≤0.045	≤0.03	0.19-0.22	0.24-0.26	–
410	≤0.15	≤1.0	≤1.0	≤0.035	≤0.03	–	11.5-13.5	–
430	0.12	≤0.75	≤1.0	≤0.040	≤0.03	≤0.60	16.0-18.0	–