Originally Posted by
old's'cool
"Stainless" steel is a category, not a specification. So you can't generalize about the properties of "Stainless" steel. You need to pick an exact specification and, if necessary, heat treatment, cold working etc.
Then the properties can be nailed down.
Right; that's why I included the standards for each tubeset in the table and the ranges of property values. The value of a given sample is dependent on condition.
Anybody can look up the UNS, DIN, AISI, etc., standards online.