Nitric Acid Stainless Steel
Nitric Acid Stainless Steel . Department of energy's office of scientific and technical information Stainless steel 316 offers better protection than type 304 to 99% of common media present in applications. Stainless flanges according to ASTM/ASME — Sandvik Materials Technology from smt.sandvik.com Many people ask about the differences between nitric acid and citric acid for passivating parts made of stainless steel (ss), titanium (ti), and other alloys. By regulation, nitric acid should be stored in 304 grade stainless steel drums. The fe and cr is dissolved by the nitric acid from steels’ surface.