316 Stainless Steels to SAE AMS-QQ-S-763B (1998)

316 - Specification & Application

  • SAE AMS-QQ-S-763B (1998) - Steel, Corrosion Resistant, Bars, Wire, Shapes, and Forgings
  • SAE AMS-S-7720A (1997) - Steel, Corrosion-Resistant (18-8) Bars, Wire and Forging Stock (Aircraft Quality)
  • A 182/A 182M (2012) - Forged or Rolled Alloy and Stainless Steel Pipe Flanges, Forged Fittings, and Valves and Parts for High-Temperature Service
  • A 213/A 213M (2011) - Seamless Ferritic and Austenitic Alloy-Steel Boiler, Superheater, and Heat-Exchanger Tubes
  • A 240/A 240M (2012) - Chromium and Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Plate, Sheet, and Strip for Pressure Vessels and for General Applications
  • A 249/A 249M (2010) - Welded Austenitic Steel Boiler, Superheater, Heat-Exchanger, and Condenser Tubes
  • A 269 (2010) - Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing for General Service
  • A 270 (2010) - Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Sanitary Tubing
  • A 276 (2010) - Stainless Steel Bars and Shapes
  • A 312/A 312M (2012) - Seamless, Welded, and Heavily Cold Worked Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipes
  • A 313/A 313M (2010) - Stainless Steel Spring Wire
  • A 314 (2008) - Stainless Steel Billets and Bars for Forging
  • A 358/A 358M (2008) - Electric-Fusion-Welded Austenitic Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Pipe for High-Temperature Service and General Applications
  • A 368 (2009) - Stainless Steel Wire Strand
  • A 376/A 376M (2012) - Seamless Austenitic Steel Pipe for High-Temperature Central-Station Service
  • A 403/A 403M (2012) - Wrought Austenitic Stainless Steel Piping Fittings
  • A 409/A 409M (2009) - Welded Large Diameter Austenitic Steel Pipe for Corrosive or High-Temperature Service
  • A 473 (2009) - Stainless Steel Forgings
  • A 478 (2008) - Chromium-Nickel Stainless Steel Weaving and Knitting Wire
  • A 479/A 479M (2011) - Stainless Steel Bars and Shapes for Use in Boilers and Other Pressure Vessels
  • A 492 (2009) - Stainless Steel Rope Wire
  • A 493 (2009) - Stainless Steel Wire and Wire Rods for Cold Heading and Cold Forging
  • A 511/A 511M (2012) - Seamless Stainless Steel Mechanical Tubing
  • A 580/A 580M (2012) - Stainless Steel Wire
  • A 632 (2009) - Seamless and Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubing (Small-Diameter) for General Service
  • A 666 (2010) - Annealed or Cold-Worked Austenitic Stainless Steel Sheet, Strip, Plate, and Flat Bar
  • A 688/A 688M - Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Feedwater Heater Tubes
  • A 793 (2009) - Rolled Floor Plate, Stainless Steel
  • A 813/A 813M (2009) - Single- or Double-Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe
  • A 814/A 814M (2008) - Cold-Worked Welded Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipe
  • A 826/A 826M - Seamless Austenitic and Martensitic Stainless Steel Duct Tubes for Liquid Metal-Cooled Reactor Core Components
  • A 943/A 943M (2009) - Spray-Formed Seamless Austenitic Stainless Steel Pipes
  • A 959 (2011) - Standard Guide for Specifying Harmonized Standard Grade Compositions for Wrought Stainless Steels
  • A 965/A 965M (2012) - Steel Forgings, Austenitic, for Pressure and High Temperature Parts
  • A 988/A 988M (2011) - Hot Isostatically-Pressed Stainless Steel Flanges, Fittings, Valves, and Parts for High Temperature Service
  • SAE J 405 (1998) - Chemical Compositions of SAE Wrought Stainless Steels
  • SAE J 467 (1968) - Special Purpose Alloys ("Superalloys")

Steel, Corrosion Resistant, Bars, Wire, Shapes, and Forgings

Chemical composition(wt.%) of 316 grade: to SAE AMS-QQ-S-763B (1998)

Elements Min.(≥) Max.(≤) Similar Remarks
C - 0.08
Si - 1.00
Mn - 2.00
P - 0.045
S - 0.03
Cr 16.0 18.0
Ni 10.0 14.0
Mo 2.00 3.00

316 - Detail

Stainless and heat resisting steels

Austenitic Chromium Nickel Heat Resisting Steel

316

Mechanical properties of grade 316 SAE AMS-QQ-S-763B (1998)

Proof strength
Rp0.2 (MPa)
Tensile strength
Rm (MPa)
Impact energy
KV (J)
Elongation at fracture
A (%)
Reduction in cross section on fracture
Z (%)
As-Heat-Treated Condition Brinell hardness (HBW)
377 (≥) 865 (≥) 11 23 24 Solution and Aging, Annealing, Ausaging, Q+T,etc 214

Physical properties of grade 316 SAE AMS-QQ-S-763B (1998)

Property Density
kg/dm3
Temperature T
°C/F
Specific heat
J / kgK
Thermal conductivity
W/mK
Electric resistance
µΩ·cm
Modulus of elasticity
kN/mm2
Expansion rate
738 (≥) 175 (≥) 12 23 22 Solution and Aging, Annealing, Ausaging, Q+T,etc 142
Temp.
°C/°F
Creep strain limit
(10000h)
(Rp1,0) N/mm2
Creep rupture strength
(10000h)
(Rp1,0) N/mm2
723 675 132
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