The stacking-fault energies of commercial austenitic alloys were determined using X-ray diffraction line profile analysis (table 2). From a comparison with existing data on laboratory alloys having similar compositions, it was concluded that both Ni and C increased the energy while Cr, Si, Mn and N decreased it. Regression analysis of the data gave an expression which related the energy to commercial alloy compositions in terms of the Ni, Cr, Mn and Mo concentrations.

Stacking Fault Energies of Seven Commercial Austenitic Stainless Steels. R.E.Schramm, R.P.Reed: Metallurgical Transactions A, 1975, 6[7], 1345-51

Table 2

Stacking-Fault Energies of Austenitic Stainless Steels