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18-8 stainless steel designation
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18-8 stainless steel designation

18-8 stainless steel designation

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Can someone help settle an argument?  I work with a guy who swears that specifying "18-8 Stainless Steel" is sufficient to control the alloys used in fastener manufacture and to insure alloys with yield points of 30ksi and higher.  My argument is that "18-8" is such a broad designation that it will allow alloys with lower yield points and really doesn't "nail it down" well enough.  I maintain that you need to state the alloy (e.g. 304 SST) and governing specification.  How about it?
 

Tunalover

RE: 18-8 stainless steel designation

You are correct, the "guy" could not be more wrong.

Regards,

Cory

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RE: 18-8 stainless steel designation

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