Best Stainless is happy to provide our customers with the high-quality, all-purpose, alloy Nitronic® 60 stainless steel bar, often called N-60. Nitronic® 60 is fully austenitic steel and is well suited for applications that require excellent resistance to galling and wear owing to its silicon and manganese content. It maintains this resistance even when annealed or after extensive cold-working and is considerably cheaper than similarly resistant nickel or cobalt-based alloys. This means it is appropriate for highly critical applications such as expansion joints in bridges and is one of the most cost-effective materials for any high-wear context, such as bearings, valves, or wear rings in vertical centrifugal pumps. Best Stainless can provide custom pump shafts when provided with the specifications for your project.
We can provide Nitronic® 60 in an array of different stainless steel bar and rod stock shapes. If your project requires longer-length stock, know that we are capable of providing the industry's best long stock in 20-28' R/L.
Our Nitronic 60 stainless steel bar comes in a range of grades and shapes used for many applications. We have an extensive stock of shapes including Nitronic 60 stainless steel round bar, hex bar, flat bar, and square bar, as well as boat shaft and pump shaft.
Nitronic® 60 Stainless Steel Bar Characteristics
The Nitronic® 60 stainless steel can maintain performance with intermittent exposure to temperatures up to 1800°F, making it useful for automotive valves and other potentially high-heat situations.
Nitronic® 60 is also highly resistant to corrosion, with a resistance somewhere between 304 and 316 stainless steel, while having nearly double the yield strength of both these steels. While 316 stainless steel may be somewhat more corrosion resistant, Nitronic® 60 has superior resistance to chloride pitting, as well as stress and crevice corrosion, making it more suitable for marine applications than 316. Additionally, its oxidation resistance is comparable to 309 stainless steel and it has excellent low-temperature impact resistance.
Nitronic® 60 Stainless Steel Bar Features
- Excellent galling and wear resistance
- Superior chloride pitting resistance
- High-temperature performance up to 1800°F
- Double the yield strength of 304/316
- Cost-effective alternative to nickel/cobalt alloys
- Excellent low-temperature impact resistance
- Oxidation resistance comparable to 309 SS
Nitronic® 60 Stainless Steel Stock Shapes
- Nitronic 60 Pump Shafts
- Nitronic 60 Round Bar
- Nitronic 60 Square Bar
- Nitronic 60 Boat Shaft
- Nitronic 60 Flat Bar
- Nitronic 60 Hex Bar
Nitronic® 60 Stainless Steel Bar Applications
- Valve Stems
- Seats and Trim
- Fastening Systems Including Nuts and Bolts
- Chain Drive Systems
- Pins, Bushings and Bearings
- Pump Components
- Bridge Expansion Joints
- Wear Rings for Centrifugal Pumps
- Marine Applications
- Automotive Valves
Nitronic® 60 Stainless Steel Bar Composition
- Carbon 0.10% max
- Manganese 9.0% max
- Phosphorus 0.040% max
- Silicon 4.5% max
- Chromium 18.00% min
- Sulfur 0.010% max
- Nickel 9.0% min
- Nitrogen 0.18% min
Nitronic® 60 Stainless Steel Bar Industry Standards
- UNS S21800
- ASTM A276
- ASTM A479
- AMS 5848
- ASME SA193
- ASTM A194
- ASME SA479
- ASTM A193 - Bolting
- ASTM A193 Class 1C
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