ERT,
Thanks for your prompt response. You are more than likely correct about the conditioning of the forging. I was just wondering if this conditioning is typical for most low carbon stainless nowadays, and that even if one were to specify a 316L material, that the new manufacturing processes...
Can anyone tell how a 316L forging can have the higher yield and tensile strengths as 316. Do suppliers make three different metals now? Or is there a method to make the low carbon stainless stronger?
