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Abbreviation for Stainless Steel

Q. What is the difference between SUS316L and TP316L, what is the full words for 'TP' and 'SUS'.

Bryan Chooi
Quality Assurance Management - Singapore
2006

A. From what I can tell, SUS is a Japanese stainless steel designation and TP is an ASTM designation. Most likely, both refer to the same alloy, 316L.

Ray Kremer
Stellar Solutions, Inc.

McHenry, Illinois

2006

A. Try googling. TP316L gave 12,800 hits and SUS316L gave 149,000 hits. Plenty of information there!

Bill Reynolds [deceased]
consultant metallurgist - Ballarat, Victoria, Australia
We sadly relate the news that Bill passed away on Jan. 29, 2010.
2006

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