Features:

• High resistance to corrosion:
  • in chloride environments such as seawater.
  • to the action of acids such as sulfuric, nitric, phosphoric.
  • to pitting corrosion.
  • to intergranular corrosion.
• Resistance to sensitization: AISI 316 Ti has better resistance to intergranular corrosion after welding or heating than AISI 316L.
• Weldability: easy to weld by various welding methods.
• Plasticity: easy to mold.
• Strength: high tensile strength and yield strength.

Disadvantages:

• Relatively high cost
• Complexity of processing

Application:

• Chemical industry: manufacture of tanks, pipes, fittings for aggressive media.
• Oil and gas industry: manufacture of parts for drilling equipment, pipelines.
• Food industry: manufacture of containers for storage and transportation of food products, cutlery.
• Medicine: manufacture of surgical instruments, implants.
• Construction: facade cladding, manufacture of decorative elements.
• Shipbuilding: manufacture of ship hulls, ship equipment parts.

Chemical composition