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Fire resistance properties of austenitic and duplex stainless steel

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Austenitic stainless steel grades have excellent strength properties in temperatures between 500°C to 1000 °C and they retain a higher proportion of their room temperature strength than carbon steel above temperatures of about 550°C. For the carbon steels, there is a large drop in strength in the temperature range 500-700°C and this is the obvious reason that constructions from carbon steel require both passive and active extra fire protection measures. In temperatures above 800 °C austenitic stainless steels have the highest strength.