Austenitic Stainless Steels - Surface Finish

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EN 10088 2 : 2005 Type of process route and surface finish of sheet, plate and strip.
	Abbreviation	Type of process route	Surface finish / Notes
Hot Rolled	1E	Hot rolled, heat treated, mechanically descaled.	Free of scale, coarse ground or shot blasted.
Hot Rolled	1D	Hot rolled, heat treated, pickled.	Free of scale, not as smooth as a 2D or 2B finish.
Cold Rolled	2D	Cold rolled,heat treated, pickled.	Smooth and dull, a finish for good ductility, not as smooth as 2B or 2R.
	2B	Cold rolled, heat treated, pickled	Smoother than 2D, a common finish for further processing, not bright.
	2R	Cold rolled, bright annealed.	Smooth, bright, reflective, a common finish for further processing.
	2H	Cold rolled, work hardened.	Bright, cold rolled to obtain a higher strength.
	2Q	Hardened and tempered, scale free.	Free of scale, either bright hardened and tempered or descaled afterwards.