[en] Hot ductility has been studied for stabilized 06Kh18N10T steel and nonstabilized low carbon 03Kh18N11 steel which have been melted with the use of gas-oxygen refining as well as for arc melted steel type 03Kh18N11. It has been shown that from one hand, manganese content increase has a beneficial effect on hot ductility. From the other hand, such steel experiences elevated tendency to pitting corrosion. Titanium addition may assure a combination of satisfactory hot ductility with good resistance to pitting corrosion