Stainless Steel Alloy 316LVM

  • Stainless Steel Alloy 316LVM
  • General Characteristics

    316LVM is vacuum melted to achieve one of the most extremely high levels of purity and sterile required for surgical implants. In addition, it used for high precision electronic parts. It has excellent resistance in physiological environments, to general and intergranular corrosion, to pitting and crevice corrosion.

  • Typical Chemical Composition

    Weight % Mn Cr Ni Mo Fe
    minimum 17.0 13.0 2.25 Remainder
    maximum 2.0 19.0 15.0 3.50
  • Physical Properties (Annealed condition)

    Characteristics English Metric
    Density 0.289 lbs/in3 8.00 g/cm3
    Melting point 2730°F 1500°C
    Specific heat

    capacity

    0.116 BTU/lb – °F 485 J/KG- °K
    Coefficient of thermal expansion 68°F – 212°F

    20°C – 100°C

    9.17 micro in/in- °F 16.5 micro m/m- °K
    Thermal conductivity

     

    8.1 BTU/ft- hr – °F 14 W/m – °K
  • Mechanical Properties

    Hardness Tensile Elongation at break Modulus of elasticity
    Annealed Bar High Tensile Bar Annealed High Tensile Bar Spring Temper Wire Annealed Bar High Tensile Bar
    KSI MPa KSI MPa KSI MPa % % KSI GPa
    160 300 71.1 – 116 490 – 800 160 1100 189 – 319 1300 – 2200 45 12 27190 187.5

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