AISI302/304/304L Stainless steel Ballsâunhardened austenitic stainless steel balls,they display good mechanical characteristics.Balls are provided in the passivated condition.
Applications: special bearings and pumps,gardening and household sprayers,perfume miniature pumps,seams,medical application valves, agricultural backpack sprayers. They are used in foodstuff,aerospace and military industry.
Â
Characteristics:
Low magnetic permeability: annealed, 1.003, cold worked, 1.10, severely cold worked, 10.0
High tensile strength at elevated temperature
18-8 stainless steel work-hardens rapidly
AISI 304/302 stainless steel balls of this material are passivated
Â
Corrosion resistance
Â
Type 18-8 stainless steel balls resist attack by oxidizing solutions, foodstuffs, sterilizing solution and most organic chemicals
They are susceptible to attack by halogen acids and moderately resistant to the sulr acids
Â
Typical hardness
Â
Annealed: Rockwell B 75-95
Not annealed: Rockwell C 25-39
Â
Ball sizes
Â
Available in sizes from 7mm to 63.5mm in grades 50 through 1000
Carbon      Nickel  Chromium Manganese     Silicone      srus  Sulfur
0.08% max      8-10.5%    18-20%     2.0%   1.0%   0.0045%   0.30% max