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Austenitic Stainless Steels
At its most basic, H1 is an austenitic stainless steel. Austenitic stainless steels are about as old as stainless steel itself, being developed by German metallurgists in the approximate time period of 1909-1912. They worked on 18% Cr, 8% Ni steels which are quite similar to common austenitic stainless steels like 301, 302, and 304.
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Background
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Why Anneal?
There are three primary goals of annealing steel:
The above goals are not always 100% compatible, but we would like to offer the optimal combination based on our priorities. However, to know what the trade-offs are we need to know how annealing works first.
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