Table 1.

Chemical compositions of the steels (% wt).

Composition	C	Mn	S	Si	Cr	Ni	Mo
HRB400	0.23	1.58	–	0.32	1.35	–	–
HRB500	0.25	1.62	0.06	0.12	0.31	–	–
316	0.03	0.93	0.03	0.24	16.56	11.07	2.23
2205	0.03	0.82	0.01	0.23	20.95	5.84	2.57
Novel 2205	0.02	1.36	–	0.14	22.83	6.15	3.21