{"id":10778,"date":"2020-09-14T06:46:35","date_gmt":"2020-09-14T10:46:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acierlachine.com\/?post_type=avada_faq&#038;p=10778"},"modified":"2023-10-12T13:55:08","modified_gmt":"2023-10-12T17:55:08","slug":"what-do-the-designations-304l-and-316l-mean","status":"publish","type":"avada_faq","link":"https:\/\/www.acierlachine.com\/en\/faq-items\/what-do-the-designations-304l-and-316l-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What do the designations 304L and 316L mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The &#8220;L&#8221; in the designations for these grades refers to &#8220;low carbon.&#8221; This low carbon makes it easier to produce corrosion-resistant welds than in standard 304 and 316, respectively, but their higher cost (2% to 10%) and lower strength (by 5 ksi) limit their use. Most fabricators of stainless steel wire products can work well enough with 304 and 316. The maximum Carbon content is 0.03% in an L grade, while the standard 304 and 316 grades can contain up to 0.08% carbon.<\/p>\n<p>Consult also the following resources on our site: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.acierlachine.com\/en\/products\/\"><strong>https:\/\/www.acierlachine.com\/en\/products\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"faq_category":[39],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acierlachine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/10778"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acierlachine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acierlachine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/avada_faq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acierlachine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acierlachine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10778"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.acierlachine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/10778\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13480,"href":"https:\/\/www.acierlachine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/avada_faq\/10778\/revisions\/13480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.acierlachine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"faq_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.acierlachine.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/faq_category?post=10778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}