Corrosion Resistance Properties of Stainless Steel Types

Inorganic substance

Substance SUS304 SUS316L
Acetic acid ▲ ●
Acetic anhydride ● ●
Acetone ● ●
Acetylene ● ●
Alcohols ● ●
Amyl acetate ● ●
Aniline ● ●
Benzene ● ●
Benzoic acid ● ●
Butyric acid ● ●
Carbon tetrachloride (aqueous solution) × ×
Carbon tetrachloride (dry) ● ●
Chloroacetic acid ● ●
Chloroform ● ●
Carbon disulfide ● ●
Citric acid ▲ ●
Substance SUS304 SUS316L
Creosote ● ●
Ethers ● ●
Ethyl acetate ▲ ▲
Ethyl chloride ▲ ▲
Ethylene glycol ● ●
Formaldehyde ▲ ▲
Formic acid ▲ ●
Fuel oil ● ●
Furfural ● ●
Gasoline ● ●
Glycerine ● ●
Hydrogen sulfide (aqueous solution) ▲ ●
Hydrogen sulfide (dry) ● ●
Kerosene ● ●
Methanol ● ●
Natural gas ● ●
Substance SUS304 SUS316L
Oleic acid ● ●
Oxalic acid × ▲
Paraffin ● ●
Propane ● ●
Rosin ● ●
Stearic acid ▲ ●
Tannic acid ● ●
Toluene ● ●
Trichloroethylene (aqueous solution) × ×
Trichloroethylene (dry) ● ●
Turpentine oil ● ●
Varnish ● ●
Lactic acid ▲ ●
Linseed oil ● ●
Phenol ● ●

Organic substance

Substance SUS304 SUS316L
Potassium sulfate ▲ ●
Seawater × ×
Silver salts × ×
Sodium bicarbonate ● ●
Sodium bisulfate ▲ ●
Sodium carbonate ● ●
Table salt × ×
Sodium hydroxide ▲ ▲
Sodium nitrate ● ●
Sodium silicate ● ●
Sodium sulfate ▲ ●
Sodium sulfide ▲ ●
Sodium sulfite ▲ ●
Sodium hyposulfite ● ●
Steam ● ●
Sulfur (dry) ● ●
Sulfur (molten) × ×
Sulfurous acid gas (aqueous solution) × ▲
Sulfurous acid gas (carbonic acid) × ×
Sulfuric acid (95 to 100%) ▲ ▲
Sulfuric acid (80 to 95%) ● ●
Sulfuric acid (40 to 80%) × ×
Water ● ●
Zinc chloride × ×
Zinc sulfate ▲ ●
Substance SUS304 SUS316L
Aluminum chloride × ×
Aluminum hydroxide ● ●
Aluminum sulfate ▲ ●
Ammonia (aqueous solution) ● ●
Ammonia (dry) ● ●
Ammonium chloride × ×
Ammonium hydroxide ● ●
Ammonium sulfate ● ●
Barium carbonate ● ●
Barium chloride × ×
Barium hydroxide ● ●
Barium sulfate ● ●
Barium sulfide ● ●
Borax ● ●
Boric acid ● ●
Brine × ×
Bromine × ×
Calcium sulfide ● ●
Calcium chloride × ×
Calcium hydroxide ● ●
Calcium hypochlorite × ×
Carbon dioxide (aqueous solution) ● ●
Carbon dioxide (dry) ● ●
Carbonated water ● ●
Substance SUS304 SUS316L
Chloride gas (aqueous solution) × ×
Chloride gas (dry) × ▲
Chromic acid ▲ ▲
Copper chloride × ×
Copper nitrate ● ●
Copper sulfate ● ●
Ferric chloride × ×
Ferrous chloride × ×
Ferric sulfate ▲ ●
Ferrous sulfate ▲ ●
Hydrochloric acid × ×
Hydrogen peroxide ● ●
Magnesium chloride × ×
Magnesium sulfide ▲ ●
Mercury ● ●
Mercury salts × ×
Nitric acid ● ●
Nitrogen ● ●
Oxygen ● ●
Phosphoric acid × ▲
Potassium carbonate ● ●
Potassium chloride × ×
Potassium cyanide ● ●
Potassium hydroxide ▲ ▲

●: Corrosion resistance; ▲: Some corrosion resistance; ×: No corrosion resistance