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What is the price comparison among Hastelloy, and Stainless Steel, e.g. HastelloyC276 vs SS316?

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What is the price comparison among Hastelloy, and Stainless Steel, e.g. HastelloyC276 vs SS316?

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Hastalloy is Nickel base super alloy while SS316 is steel with >18%Cr and Ni >8%. Nickel alloys are much more costly than steel. Roughly speaking 2.5 dollars per lb for hastalloy, while 1$ per lb for SS316 (austenitic stainless steel.