A study was made of the stacking-fault energy of austenitic stainless steel (8.9-20wt%Cr, 4.84-20wt%Ni, 0.006-0.29wt%C) as a function of the composition. Linear regression yielded the result,

SFE(mJ/m2) = 2.1Ni(wt%)-0.9Cr(wt%)+26C(wt%)+16.7

On the Effect of Carbon on the Stacking Fault Energy of Austenitic Stainless Steels. P.J.Brofman, G.S.Ansell: Metallurgical Transactions A, 1978, 9[6], 879-80