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18NiCrMo5

According to standards
Number

UNI 7846: 1978

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Technical card
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Lucefin Group

Chemical composition
C%

Si%

Mn%

P%
S%
Cr%
Mo%
Ni%
max
max
0,15-0,21
0,15-0,40
0,60-0,90
0,035
0,035
0,70-1,00 0,15-0,25 1,20-1,50 Permissible deviations
on the product
0.02
0.03
0.04
+ 0.005 + 0.005
0.05
0.03
0.05
By agreement this steel can be supplied with the addition of lead (Pb) 0.15-0.35% or sulphur (S) 0.020-0.035%
Calcium (Ca) treatment may be supplied on request

Temperature C
Hot forming

Normalizing

Core
hardening

Carbonitriding

1100-900

880
air

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Soft
annealing

Isothermal
annealing

840-870
oil-polymer
salt bath
Transformation
annealing +FP

950-1000
quick cooling

850
water

700 slowly 15C/h 850 furnace

until 600 after air cooling to
650 after, air
(HB max 240)
(HB 150-220)

Carburizing

Hardening
Tempering
carburizing
surf.
880-930
800-830
150-180
oil-polymer
salt bath
Preheating
Stress relieving
welding
after welding
welding must be made on the annealing and before
the carburizing
150-350
600 furnace cooling
AC1
AC3
MS * core
** carburizing surface
730
815
360* 180**

End quench
Hardenability
test

Mechanical and physical properties

Hot rolled mechanical properties obtained from test blanks after core hardening + stress relieving UNI 7846: 1978
dimension
Testing at room temperature (longitudinal)
mm
R
Rp 0.2
A%
C%
Kcu
HB
test blanks
N/mm2
N/mm2 min.
min.
min.
J min.
11
1230-1520
980
8
-30
363-432
30
980-1270
735
9
-32.5
295-373
for information
63
830-1130
635
10
-35
249-339
for information
Table of tempering values
HB
415
HRC
44.5
R
N/mm2
1460
Rp 0.2 N/mm2
1070
A
%
13.5
C
%
57.0
Kv
J
64
HRC carburizing
64
surface
Tempering at C 50

at room temperature for round 10 mm after quenching oil at 850C

415
415
409
404
395
381
362
344
327
44.5 44.5 44
43.5 42.5 41
39
37
35
1460 1450 1430 1400 1360 1300 1230 1150 1080
1120 1170 1210 1210 1190 1150 1100 1040 960
13.6 13.5 13.2 13.0 12.8 12.8 12.9 13.8 15.0
58.0 59.0 60.0 60.0 60.0 60.0 60.0 61.0 63.0
64
62
62
64
46
46
46
75
94
63.5 62
60
59
56
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301
32
1000
860
17.0
65.0
125
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271
28
900
790
19.5
68.0
148
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237
22
790
700
22.0
72.0
166
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218
-710
610
24.0
74.0
180
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100

550

600

650

700

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

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18NiCrMo5
Cold drawn +C (815M17) BS 970-3: 1991
dimension
Testing at room temperature (longitudinal)
mm
R
Rp 0.2
A%
Kv
HB
over
to
N/mm2 min
N/mm2 min
min
J min
min
-19
1080
-8
22
327
------------testing after quenching, carburizing surface. Quenching 830C oil tempering 200C air
Forged UNI 8550: 1984
dimension
Testing at room temperature (longitudinal)
mm
R
Rp 0.2
A% L
A% T
A% Q
over
to
N/mm2
N/mm2 min
min
min
min
11
1225-1520
980
8
--11
25
1030-1325
785
9
--25
40
930-1230
735
9
--40
100
785-1080
590
10
-mechanical properties obtained from test blanks after core hardening + stress relieving
L = longitudinal T = tangential Q = radial

Kcu L
J min
30
32.5
32.5
35

Kcu T
J min
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Kv L
J min
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HB
361-432
311-384
278-363
234-327

UNI 7846:1978 Jominy test HRC (grain size G 5 min. according to UNI 3245)
distance in mm from quenched end
min
max

1.5

11

13

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

39
49

38
48.5

36
48

34
46.5

31
45

29
43.5

27
41

25.5
40

23
37

21
35.5

20.5
34.5

20
33.5

-33

-32.5

-32

Temperature
Testing at C
20

Mod. of elasticity N/mm2

E long.
G tang.
210000
80000

Specific heat capacity

J/(KgK)
460
EUROPE EN
17NiCrMo6-4

ITALY UNI
18NiCrMo5

Density
Kg/dm3
7.85

Rp 0.2 N/mm2
< 250 mm

250-500

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Thermal conductivity
W/(mK)
41
CHINA
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GERMANY DIN
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Thermal expansion
[(m/mK) 10-6 C-1 ]
-Specific electric resist.
Ohmmm2/m
0.16

FRANCE AFNOR
18NCD6

U.K. B.S.
815M17

Conductivity
Siemensm/mm2
6.25
RUSSIA
19HNM

USA AISI/SAE
4317