An experimental analysis was carried out to investigate the corrosivity of sensitized welded and unwelded austenitic stainless steel AISI 316, in oxidizing (H 2 SO 4 ) and non-oxidizing (HCL) media. The selected samples were cut into several equal pieces. To induce sensitization, the samples were heated and soaked at 750°C at different soaking time intervals such as 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 180minutes, 300 minutes and 600 minutes followed by water quenching. The sensitized welded and unwelded samples each were subjected to immersion duration test in the oxidizing and non-oxidizing media for 5, 10,15,20,25, 30, 35, 40, 45, and 50 minutes, respectively. It was concluded from the results obtained that corrosion rate of welded and unwelded decreases as soaking time and immersion duration increases at constant soaking temperature, in nonoxidizing medium of hydroChloric acid (HCL); but the decrease in corrosion rate is more in the unwelded samples. In the oxidizing medium of sulphoric acid (H 2 SO 4 ); corrosion rate of the samples decreased as immersion duration/soaking time increases. However, the welded samples experienced erratic behaviour in the oxidizing medium, having a lower corrosion rate than their unwelded counterpart surprisingly, at immersion duration between 25-50 minutes as soaking time increases at constant soaking temperature of 750°C.