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This is an embarrassingly simple request but I would appreciate a pointer to publication(s) giving oxidation rates in air for both 12% chromium and 316 stainless steels at temperatures below 1020F (550C).  There is lots of data up in the creep temperature range but lower ....?

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Graham Sussex
Principal Consultant
Sussex Materials Solutions Pty Ltd
East Melbourne Vic VIC
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Graham,

Oxidation data in air for stainless steels is included in the Corrosion Analysis Network > Corrosion Performance Data (subscription required). One of the sources cited in the database is the article "High-Temperature Corrosion Behavior of Nickel Alloys" from the ASM Specialty Handbook: Nickel, Cobalt, and Their Alloys (J.R. Davis, ed.), ASM International, 2000, p 167-188. That article is also available in the Corrosion Analysis Network.

Scott

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Scott Henry
Senior Content Engineer
ASM International
Materials Park OH
(440) 671-3860
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There are tables in API RP 581 - Risk-Based Inspection, Part 2.B.9 -High Temperature Oxidation, which provide values for 304, 309, and 310SS. You can assume rates like 304SS which is 1 mpy at 1025F.

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Mark Bartel
Stress Engineering Services
Baton Rouge LA
(225) 603-8154
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