Stainless Steel Bolts 304 and Stainless Steel Bolts 316

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A Brief Comparison between Stainless Steel Bolts
304 and Stainless Steel Bolts 316
It is known to all that stainless steel fasteners
are widely used in various major constructional
projects. From manufacturing cookware to bridges
stainless steel fasteners have various uses in
various spheres of manufacturing or construction.
Stainless steel fasteners or nuts and bolts come
in various specifications. Different
specifications have different purposes to serve.
Amongst various types of stainless steel
fasteners, here we shall discuss about two kinds
of fasteners and they are type 304 and type 316.
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Type 304 Stainless Steel Fasteners
Stainless steel bolts 304 can be commonly found
in the local hardware shops. This type of
fastener is generally used for manufacturing
furniture, cookware, etc. This kind of bolt and
nut is corrosion resistant, temperature resistant
and rust resistant. Type 304 consists of 20
chromium, 0.08 carbon and 10 nickel.
These steel fasteners show high end corrosion
protection and thus they are used for
manufacturing cookware stuffs. They can also
withstand with heat and do not change shape as
well as size due to the effects of heating.
Furthermore, type 304 steel is completely rust
protective. Even staying at moist environment and
being handled with water cleaning regularly, they
do not acquire single bit of rust.
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Type 316 Stainless Steel Fasteners
Type 316 steel fasteners are vastly different
from the type 304, though type 316 is also used
for manufacturing several cookware stuffs, like
gas ovens, cooking pans, etc. Type 316 possesses
16 to 18 percent chromium and 11 to 14 percent
nickel.
Additionally, it also contains 2 percent
molybdenum. Molybdenum basically helps the
fasteners to become more corrosion resistant.
Also, due to the increased percentage of
chromium, this type of steel nuts, bolts and
other fasteners remain shiny as well as lustrous
for a long time.
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Simple method of cleaning with water and then
with dry cloth will keep type 316 shiny as well
as bright for long time. Due to its supreme
chloride corrosion resistance characteristic and
other prime advantages, type 316 is gradually
replacing type 304 steel fasteners.
Type 316 is more expensive than type 304.
However, in terms of effectiveness, type 316 can
prove to be more cost-effective than type 304.
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