Grade 321 Stainless Steel Seamless/Welded Pipes for High-Temperature Applications

Key Properties

These properties are specified for the flat-rolled products (plate, sheet, and coil) in ASTM A240/A240M. Similar but not necessarily identical properties are specified for other products such as pipe and bar in their respective specifications.

Composition

Typical compositional ranges for grade 321 stainless sheets of steel are given in table 1.

Table 1. Composition ranges for 321-grade stainless steel

Grade		C	Mn	Si	P	S	Cr	Mo	Ni	N	Other
321	min. max	- 0.08	2.00	0.75	0.045	0.030	17.0 19.0	-	9.0 12.0	0.10	Ti=5(C+N) 0.70
321H	min. max	0.04 0.10	2.00	0.75	0.045	0.030	17.0 19.0	-	9.0 12.0	-	Ti=4(C+N) 0.70
347	min. max	0.08	2.00	0.75	0.045	0.030	17.0 19.0	-	9.0 13.0	-	Nb=10(C+N) 1.0

 

Mechanical Properties

Typical mechanical properties for grade 321 stainless sheets of steel are given in table 2.

Table 2. Mechanical properties of 321-grade stainless steel

Grade	Tensile Strength (MPa) min	Yield Strength 0.2% Proof (MPa) min	Elongation (% in 50 mm) min	Hardness
				Rockwell B (HR B) max	Brinell (HB) max
321	515	205	40	95	217
321H	515	205	40	95	217
347	515	205	40	92	201

 

Physical Properties

Typical physical properties for annealed grade 321 stainless sheets of steel are given in table 3.

Table 3. Physical properties of 321-grade stainless steel in the annealed condition

Grade	Density (kg/m3)	Elastic Modulus (GPa)	Mean Coefficient of Thermal Expansion (μm/m/°C)			Thermal Conductivity (W/m.K)		Specific Heat 0-100 °C (J/kg.K)	Electrical Resistivity (nΩ.m)
			0-100 °C	0-315 °C	0-538 °C	at 100 °C	at 500 °C
321	8027	193	16.6	17.2	18.6	16.1	22.2	500	720