Austenitic stainless steel is not heat treatable because it doesn't lie in gamma region when you will go for heat treatment rather it can be hardened by cold rolling followed by annealing to achieve some ductility also..

The answer you can fing here https://www.researchgate.net/publication/293106894_Stainless_steels_heat_treatment_Chapter_12

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Article Effect of Heat Treatment Temperature on Mechanical Propertie...

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Conference Paper Effect of heat treatment of 316L stainless steel produced by...

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https://tubingchina.com/316-Heat-Treatment.htm

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https://www.aksteel.com/sites/default/files/2018-01/316316L201706.pdf

No, unlike BCC steels where you heat them into the FCC range and upon cooling you can get grain refinement, Austenitic SSs do not have a crystal structure change. The only way to get grain refinement is to cold work them and then recrystallize the grains.

Yes @George Frederic Vander Voort.

Can you suggest me the recrystallization annealing temperature for commercially available 316L?

which avoids any sort of intermetallic phases and carbide formation. Or you can refer me any literature. Thanks

Himanshu:

I am not at home to look that up. I will not be home until 26 September. Try getting a data sheet through Google on 316L from Carpenter Technology, or another company and see what they suggest. Probably it will be around 1850 or 1900 F, but that is my guess.

George