Medical Grade Stainless Steel 316LVM

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Medical Grade Stainless Steel 316LVM
Categories:	Metal; Ferrous Metal; Stainless Steel; T 300 Series Stainless Steel
Material Notes:	This ‘Medical Grade’ stainless steel 316 is vacuum melted to achieve the extremely high levels of purity and ‘cleanliness’ required for surgical implants. Also used for high precision electronic parts. It has excellent resistance in physiological environments, to general and intergranular corrosion, to pitting and crevice corrosion. Stress relieve at 250°C for one hour then air cool after final forming. Information provided by Alloywire International and Sandvik.
Key Words:	W.NR 1.4441; UNS S31673; AWS 163. Meets standards BS 7252 Pt1 COMPOSITION D; ASTM F138
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Physical Properties	Metric	English	Comments

Density	8.00 g/cc	0.289 lb/in³

Mechanical Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Hardness, Brinell	160	160	Annealed Bar
	300	300	High Tensile Bar
Tensile Strength at Break	490 - 800 MPa	71100 - 116000 psi	Annealed
	1100 MPa	160000 psi	High Tensile Bar
	1300 - 2200 MPa	189000 - 319000 psi	Spring Temper Wire
Tensile Strength, Yield	190 MPa @Strain 0.2 %	27600 psi @Strain 0.2 %	Annealed Bar
	800 MPa @Strain 0.2 %	116000 psi @Strain 0.2 %	High Tensile Bar
Elongation at Break	12 %	12 %	High Tensile Bar
	45 %	45 %	Annealed Bar
Modulus of Elasticity	187.5 GPa	27190 ksi
Poissons Ratio	0.33	0.33	Calculated
Shear Modulus	70.3 GPa	10200 ksi

Thermal Properties	Metric	English	Comments
CTE, linear	16.5 µm/m-°C @Temperature 20.0 - 100 °C	9.17 µin/in-°F @Temperature 68.0 - 212 °F
Specific Heat Capacity	0.485 J/g-°C	0.116 BTU/lb-°F
Thermal Conductivity	14.0 W/m-K	97.2 BTU-in/hr-ft²-°F
Melting Point	1500 °C	2730 °F
Maximum Service Temperature, Air	300 °C	572 °F	annealed or spring temper wire
Minimum Service Temperature, Air	-200 °C	-328 °F	annealed or spring temper wire

Component Elements Properties	Metric	English	Comments
Chromium, Cr	17 - 19 %	17 - 19 %
Iron, Fe	60.5 - 67.75 %	60.5 - 67.75 %	as balance
Manganese, Mn	<= 2.0 %	<= 2.0 %
Molybdenum, Mo	2.25 - 3.5 %	2.25 - 3.5 %
Nickel, Ni	13 - 15 %	13 - 15 %

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