304L Stainless Steel Bar

Stainless Steel Bar：

Stainless steel rods can be divided into round steel, square steel, flat steel, hexagonal steel, and octagonal steel according to their shape. Common materials: 304,304L,321,316,316L, 310S,630,etc.

304L Stainless Steel Bar

Similar to 304 stainless steel, 304L stainless steel has one key difference in its chemical composition. The maximum carbon content of 304 stainless steel is 0.08%, whereas grade 304L stainless steel has a maximum carbon of only 0.03%. This is why the “L” in 304L can be interpreted as extra-low carbon. It is usually used to produce equipment and parts that demand better corrosion resistance and formability.

304L Stainless Steel Bar Description

304L stainless steel bar is used where welding is involved, as a variant of 304 stainless steel bar. The lower carbon content greatly lowers the precipitation of carbides in the heat-affected zone close to the weld, and such precipitation is likely to lead to intergranular corrosion of stainless steel in certain settings. Basically, their is no need to anneal weld joints prior to using the completed metal form using 304L, saving time and effort. As a matter of fact, both 304 and 304L stainless steel bars can be used for many of the same applications. The differences are often minor enough that one isn’t considered massively more useful over the other. 304L stainless steel bars are commonly used as manufacturing parts in fields such as food processing equipment, building materials, automobile parts.