Typical applications include tanks and vessels, piping, cast pumps, valves and other components used in fertiliser, phosphoric, sulphuric and acetic plants, and in salt and seawater environments. It also used in some offshore applications. It may be used to join Type 317L material where improved corrosion resistance in specific media is needed. The elements C, S, P, and Si are specified at lower maximum levels to minimize weld metal hot cracking and fissuring (while maintaining corrosion resistance) frequently encountered in fully austenitic weld metals.