Steel species table
There are 4 main types of stainless steels: austenitic steel, ferrite steel, martensitic steel, ferrite-austenitic duplex steel. Each type consists of several species of steel. However, about 100 000 people will 70% of stainless steel production is austenitic steel, mainly steel with the designation 1.4301 according to EN 10088 (18% chromium, 10% nickel), so-called . steel 18-10 or 18/10 – these types of markings can be found on many stainless steel products, e.g. stainless steel products. on cutlery, pots.