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    Magnetism in ss304

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    304 stainless steel contains chromium and nickel and is only slightly responsive to magnetic fields. 316 stainless steel also contains chromium, nickel, and molybdenum, and is negligibly responsive to magnetic fields, making it suitable for non-magnetic applications. Processes like cold working, machining, and welding can convert the austenite crystal structure of stainless steel into ferromagnetic martensite or ferrite forms, causing magnetism. Welding rods for 316L are designed to produce a small amount of ferrite to prevent cracking, resulting in some magnetism in the weld.

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    304 stainless steel contains chromium and nickel and is only slightly responsive to magnetic fields. 316 stainless steel also contains chromium, nickel, and molybdenum, and is negligibly responsive to magnetic fields, making it suitable for non-magnetic applications. Processes like cold working, machining, and welding can convert the austenite crystal structure of stainless steel into ferromagnetic martensite or ferrite forms, causing magnetism. Welding rods for 316L are designed to produce a small amount of ferrite to prevent cracking, resulting in some magnetism in the weld.

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    304 stainless steel contains chromium and nickel and is only slightly responsive to magnetic fields. 316 stainless steel also contains chromium, nickel, and molybdenum, and is negligibly responsive to magnetic fields, making it suitable for non-magnetic applications. Processes like cold working, machining, and welding can convert the austenite crystal structure of stainless steel into ferromagnetic martensite or ferrite forms, causing magnetism. Welding rods for 316L are designed to produce a small amount of ferrite to prevent cracking, resulting in some magnetism in the weld.

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    304 stainless steel contains chromium and nickel and is only slightly responsive to magnetic fields. 316 stainless steel also contains chromium, nickel, and molybdenum, and is negligibly responsive to magnetic fields, making it suitable for non-magnetic applications. Processes like cold working, machining, and welding can convert the austenite crystal structure of stainless steel into ferromagnetic martensite or ferrite forms, causing magnetism. Welding rods for 316L are designed to produce a small amount of ferrite to prevent cracking, resulting in some magnetism in the weld.

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    MAGNETISM IN 304 and 316

    304 stainless steel contains chromium (min. 18%), and nickel (min. 8%). It is an austenite
    steel and is only slightly responsive to magnetic fields. It also contains 18 – 20%
    chromium and 8-10.50% nickel, and lesser quantities of some other elements.
    316 stainless steel is a molybdenum-alloyed steel. The fact that it is also negligibly
    responsive to magnetic fields means that it can be used in applications where a non-
    magnetic metal is required. It also contains a number of other elements in varying
    concentrations.

    Any process which can change the crystal structure of stainless steel can cause austenite
    to be converted to the ferromagnetic martensite or ferrite forms of iron. These processes
    include cold working, machining and welding. It is also possible for austenite to
    spontaneously convert to martensite at low temperatures. To complicate matters further,
    the magnetic properties of these alloys depend on the alloy composition. Within the
    allowed ranges of variation of Ni and Cr, significant differences in magnetic properties may
    be observed for a given alloy.

    Welding consumables for 316L materials are designed to produce a small amount of
    ferrite in the deposited weld to avoid weld hot cracking, this is why the weld shows some
    magnetism i.e. the deposited weld metal does not contain a 100% austenite phase. It is
    normal to check the ferrite level of completed 316L welds to ensure the ferrite % is in the
    range 3% to 8% in order to give adequate protection from hot cracking and required
    properties at low temperature.

    What can be done to minimize the magnetization of stainless steel components?

    Ferrite free" welding rods are available to minimize the tendency of welds to become
    magnetic. In principle, a welded or machined component can be annealed to restore it to
    its nonmagnetic state, although this is not always convenient.
    Selecting a 316 stainless steel with nickel content that is in the upper side of the allowed
    content range may also be helpful, but again, may not always be practical. The 316N
    stainless steel alloy is expected to have less of a tendency to become magnetic than 316
    or 316L, however, it may not be readily available.

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