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AR450F
Abrasion Resistant Steel Plate

General Product Description

AR450F is a through-hardened, abrasion-resistant product with a nominal hardness level of 450 HBW.
This product is ideal for applications where a good combination of abrasion resistance, formability, and
weldability is desired. AR450F is produced by austenitizing, water quenching, and tempering.

Applications
AR450F abrasion-resistant plate is used in equipment subjected to abrasive wear. Common applications
for AR450F abrasion-resistant plate include mining and raw material handling, recycling, and construction
equipment where AR450F may be employed in hoppers, chutes, crushers, conveyors, screens, shovels
and buckets, cutting edges, truck dump bodies, and other components exposed to abrasive wear

Dimensions Available
Thickness: 0.188” - 1.250” (4.8 – 31.8 mm)
Width: 72” - 102” (1,830 mm – 2,590 mm)
Maximum Length: 600” (15.24 m)
Standard pattern sizes, 96” wide x 288” long (2.44 m x 7.32 m) are available in thicknesses of 3/16”, ¼”,
½”, ¾” 1”, and 1-1/4” (4.8, 6.4, 9.5, 12.7, 19.0, 24.5, and 31.8 mm) Please inquire for other sizes.

Mechanical Properties
AR450F has a nominal hardness of 450 HBW.
Hardness, HBW Hardness, HBW
Minimum Maximum
409 492

AR450F typical transverse tensile properties (standard plate-type tensile specimen per ASTM A370) and
typical Charpy V-notch impact toughness for ¾” [19 mm] thick plate:
0.2% Yield Tensile Strength, Elongation, %, Typical Typical
Strength, ksi [MPa], ksi [MPa], in 2” [50mm], Longitudinal CVN Transverse CVN
Typical Typical Typical Energy at -40 °F Energy at -40 °F
[-40 °C], ft-lbf [J] [-40 °C], ft-lbf [J]
160 [1,100] 205 [1,400] 21% 25 [34] 20 [27]

Chemical Composition (ladle analysis, wt. %, max. except where

noted)
Plate Thickness, C Mn P S Si Ni Cr Mo B CEV CET
t, (in) Min. Typical Typical
t ≤ 0.787” 0.21 1.60 0.025 0.010 0.70 0.30 0.30 0.25 0.0005 0.50 0.36
0.787” < t ≤ 1.25” 0.23 1.60 0.025 0.010 0.70 0.30 1.00 0.25 0.0005 0.58 0.39

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6 5 15 10 20 40

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Testing

Brinell hardness, HBW, according to ASTM A370, on a milled or ground surface 0.020” to 0.118” (0.5 -
3.0 mm) below the plate surface.

Tolerances

Thickness, width, and length tolerances according to ASTM A6. Flatness tolerance ½ ASTM A6.

Fabrication and Other Recommendations

Weldability

AR450F is weldable by conventional electric arc welding processes, using low-hydrogen consumables
and appropriate welding practices.

Minimum Preheat
Welding Process Thickness, in [mm] Consumables
Temperature
Shielded Metal Arc Up to 0.787” [20] 60oF [15oC]
AWS E70XX,
(SMAW) >0.787” [20] – 1.25” [31.8] 250oF [125oC]
Gas Metal Arc Up to 0.787” [20] 60oF [15oC]
AWS ER70S-X
(GMAW) >0.787” [20] – 1.25” [31.8] 250oF [125oC]
Up to 0.787” [20] 60oF [15oC]
Submerged Arc (SAW) AWS F7XX-EXXX-XX
>0.787” [20] – 1.25” [31.8] 250oF [125oC]
Flux Cored Arc Up to 0.787” [20] 60oF [15oC]
AWS E7XT-X
(FCAW) >0.787” [20] – 1.25” [31.8] 250oF [125oC]

Formability

The minimum recommended punch radius, R, and die-opening width, W, for plate thickness, t, for cold
forming AR450F are provided in the following table. Shear burrs and heat-affected zones of thermal cut
edges on or near the bend axis as well as sharp corners on edges and on gas cut or punched holes
located on or adjacent to the bend axis should be removed by grinding prior cold forming.

Bend Axis Perpendicular Bend Axis Parallel

to Rolling Direction to Rolling Direction 
Thickness Min. Punch Min. Punch
Die width W Die width W
in [mm] Radius, R Radius, R
0.1875” – 0.787”
5.0t 12t 6.0t 14t
[4.8 – 20]
>0.787” – 1.25”
6.0t 14t 7.0t 16t
[20 – 31.8]

Sales Contacts

For sales information, please call 877-294-3858 (Southern USA & Mexico), 800-340-5566 (Western and
Central USA), 800-383-9031 (North Central USA), and 888-576-8530 (Northeast USA & Canada) or
consult www.ssab.com.

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