Difference between Stainless Steel 304 and Stainless Steel 316 as Body Material for Underwater IP68 LED Light

For the Underwater IP68 LED Light, the stainless steel is one good option of the body material, which have the advantage of good protection, beautiful appearance and long lasting lasting working life. When we talked about the stainless steel, usually there is two options, which is 304 and 316. As factory, GREATPOOL usually will marked which stainless steel we are using for the Underwater IP68 LED Light.

Is there any differences of those two stainless steel, and how to find the suitable stainless steel for your Underwater IP68 LED Light?

1. The appearance

From the appearance, both 304 and 316 is stainless steel, there is no difference from eye view.

2. The constituent elements

Both 304 and 316 have the elements of C, Mn, P, Si, Cr, Ni, but the difference is that 316 have the elements of Mo, which is as following:

3. The performance

As the difference of constituent elements, the 304 and 316 have different property, most important and directly, is the anti-corrosion performance, 316 have a better capacity than 304, which means it’s more suitable for the application if there is higher requirements at anti-corrosion.

4. The cost

Stainless steel 316 have a higher cost than stainless steel 304.

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