Stainless Steel 316L Washer

316h Stainless Steel Washers are ideal for use in corrosive and high-temperature environments. They offer higher tensile strength than standard stainless steels, excellent corrosion resistance, superior oxidation and sulfidation resistance, high formability and weldability, excellent toughness at low temperatures, and a very good creep rupture property. It is often used in aircraft components, military equipment, medical instruments, and even food processing equipment.

SS 316H washer is composed of iron, carbon, nickel molybdenum, manganese, nitrogen, and chromium. It contains between 16-18% chromium and 10-14% nickel, as well as 2-3% molybdenum and a trace amount of nitrogen. This composition makes it more resistant to corrosion than grade 304 stainless steel due to its higher content of molybdenum and chromium, which give it greater localized corrosion resistance in chloride environments; however, it has a lower resistance to general corrosion compared to 316L.