1.4462 / 1.4404 / 1.4301 Stainless Steel Rebar Diameter 8 - 50mm SS Rebar for

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1.4462 / 1.4404 / 1.4301 Stainless Steel Rebar Diameter 8 - 50mm SS Rebar for Structure

Products Specification

What are Stainless Steel Rebars?

Stainless steel reinforcing bars are low carbon steel alloy bars and contains minimum 12% of chromium and 8 to 12% of nickel in it. Stainless steel bars are highly corrosive resistant and they can be cast, pressed and machined.

Types of Stainless Steel Rebars

Based on the microstructure, stainless steels can be divided into four types which are:

1. Martensitic Stainless Steel
2. Ferritic Stainless Steel
3. Austenitic Stainless Steel
4. Austenitic-Ferritic or Duplex Stainless Steel

Among the four types, only Austenitic and Duplex stainless steel bars are used as reinforcing bars in concrete structures.

1. Austenitic Stainless Steel

Austenitic stainless steel contain minimum 7 % of nickel which gives ductility to the steel, large scale of service temperature, nonmagnetic nature and also good workability while welding. This type of steel is mostly used stainless steel especially as reinforcement bars, industrial piping, and architectural facades etc. It is good against corrosion.

Austenitic Stainless steels are classified into different grades in different countries based on the proportions of main elements. Which are as follows

Table 1: Classification of Austenitic Steel according to International Standards

The French designation given in above table represented as

• X – High alloy of steel
• A number after X represents the 100 times the carbon content.
• Cr, Ni, Mo, N and Ti represents Chromium, nickel, Molybdenum, nitrogen and Titanium and the numbers below them represents the composition of elements in percentages.
• For example if we take austenitic steel of designation “X5CrNi (18-10)” , It is the high alloy steel of 0.05% carbon, 18% of chromium and 10% nickel.

2. Austenitic-Ferritic or Duplex Stainless Steel

Austenitic-Ferritic steel has combined properties of austenitic and ferritic stainless steel hence it is also called as duplex stainless steel. It contains less amount of nickel than austenitic. It provides good strength as well as ductility. 

It is very good resistant against corrosion. Duplex steels are widely used in paper, pulp, petrochemical industries etc. Duplex steel are also classified according proportion of main elements with different grade in different countries.

Table 2: Classification of Duplex Steel according to International Standards

Composition of Stainless Steel Reinforcing Bars

Stainless steel bars majorly contain chromium and nickel as the second major compound. They also contain some other elements like molybdenum, nitrogen and very less amount of carbon. Composition of different grades of stainless steels is expressed in below table. The grades specified by AISI are taken into consideration.

Table 3: Composition of Stainless Steel Types

Properties of Stainless Steel Reinforcing Bars

The Properties of stainless Steel reinforcing Bars are

1. Corrosion Resistance
2. High Strength
3. Higher ductility
4. Cryogenic Resistance
5. Fire Resistance
6. Magnetic Response

1.Corrosion Resistance

The main property of stainless steel is the corrosion resistance. As explained earlier the corrosion resistance is obtained by the oxide layer formed by chromium content of steel.

2. High Strength

The tensile strength stainless steel bars is much more than mild steel bars. In stainless steels, duplex steel bars are stronger in tension than austenitic steel bars.

3. Higher ductility

Ductility of stainless steel is due to nickel content. Higher the nickel content higher the ductility. Austenitic steel has more ductility than duplex steel.

4. Cryogenic Resistance

At low temperatures, Austenitic Stainless steel bars have high tensile strength with excellent toughness. Other types like martensitic and ferritic are not suitable in cryogenic areas.

5. Fire Resistance

Steel generally has good fire resistance and when it comes to stainless steel, even at high temperatures it cannot lost its strength.

6. Magnetic Response

Except austenitic steel, all other types are able to attract to the magnet. Higher quantity of nickel eliminates the magnetic response of stainless steel.

Table 4: Comparison of Properties of Austenitic and Duplex Stainless Steels

Advantages of Stainless Steel Reinforcing Bars

Following are the advantages of Stainless steel reinforcing Bars.

• Inherently good corrosion resistance.
• Reduced life cycle cost for concrete structures.
• Good strength.
• Good weld-ability for common rebar grades.
• Good ductility for common rebar grades (capable of 3d U-bends).
• No coatings to chip, crack or degrade.
• No coating damage to repair.
• No “exposed” cut ends to coat or cover
• Capable of withstanding shipping, handling, bending.
• Magnetic or non-magnetic, depending on the alloy specified.
• Good high- and low-temperature mechanical properties of common rebar grades