Monday, 13 July 2015

Stainless Steel 420 Forged Fittings With High Corrosion Resistance



Stainless steel 420 forged fittings
The 420 stainless steel alloy offers better resistance to corrosion and has more hardness and strength than the 410 stainless steel alloy. This is precisely the reason why it was created. The alloy provides for maximum corrosion resistance only when it is fully hardened and is relieved from all kinds of stress. However, it cannot be used in the industrial annealed conditions. A Stainless steel 420 forged fittings supplier provides the fittings, tubes, sheets and other alloy equipment to the chemical, petrochemical, oil, gas, food, pharmaceutical and other industries.

Applications

Those applications which require excellent corrosion resistance and who also have a requirement of higher strength are fit for the 420 stainless steel alloy. It is used in the form of forged fittings, sheets, tubes, pipes, etc. in industrial environments that are highly oxidizing and more prone to corrosion. It is also used in dental/surgery equipment, cutlery, tapes, scissors, etc. the alloy is not sued in high heat conditions that involve a temperature of more than 800 degrees Fahrenheit. This is so because it undergoes severe loss in its corrosion resistance properties and also softens at high temperatures.

Composition of 420 alloy

The stainless steel 420 forged fittings, sheets, tubes, pipes, etc. are composed of the stainless steel 402 alloy. The alloy consists of 12 to 14% of chromium, 1% of silicon, 1% of manganese, 0.15 % of carbon, 0.040% of phosphorus and 0.030 % of sulfur. The high chromium content of alloy provides for better corrosion resistance.

Corrosion resistance

As said earlier, the alloy offers extreme corrosion resistance only when it is hardened fully. It can resist many different kinds of corrosion causing agents like mine water, fresh water, atmosphere, carbonic acid, steam, crude oil, carbonic acid, ammonia, alcohol, sterilizing solutions, perspiration, soaps etc.

Weldability

The alloy is not extremely weldable because of its properties that are attributed to its hardness ability. To avoid incidences of cold cracking, it is better to pre-heat the alloy to a temperature of 550 degrees Fahrenheit. For achieving better weldability, the alloy should be treated with heat after welding. Because of the higher carbon content of the alloy, it requires both pre and post weldability heating.
  

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