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BS · United Kingdom · 3 designations

526M60

60CrMnA is a grade designated under GB. Its recorded composition includes C 0.56–0.64%, Si 0.17–0.37%, Cr 0.7–1%, Mn 0.7–1% and Ni ≤ 0.35%. We list 2 designations recorded for this grade, in the standards BS and JIS.

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The most-used names for this grade.

Also known as

3 designations · 3 standards · nothing hidden
This grade’s own namerecorded in our sources as this grade’s own designation under that standard.
Indicativetaken from a published cross-reference table; a close match, not a guarantee of interchangeability. Verify against the mill certificate before ordering.
Withdrawndesignation no longer current — a separate column from the two above, so a name can be same grade and withdrawn at once.
BSUnited Kingdom · 1
  • 526M60Indicative
JISJapan · 1

Every designation on file is listed — no truncation, no “+ n more”. Each one is itself a route that leads back here.

Chemical composition

8 elements on file · weight %

What this alloy is

Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 96.8 %Mn — 0.9 %Cr — 0.9 %C — 0.6 %Traces & impurities · 0.9 %

Logarithmic scale, 0.01 % to 100 % — every value here compares directly, decade by decade.

Element% by weight
0.56–0.64
0.17–0.37
0.7–1
≤ 0.025
≤ 0.025
0.7–1
≤ 0.35
≤ 0.25
CarbonSiliconManganesePhosphorusSulfurChromiumNickelCopper
0.01 %0.1 %1 %10 %100 %

The scale is logarithmic, not the element’s raw share of the alloy — the only honest way to fit 0.01 % and 100 % in one picture, and it means every value here can be compared with every other.

ElementAs publishedsource text, verbatimMin% by weightMax% by weightBound
C0.56-0.640.5600.640Range
Si0.17-0.370.1700.370Range
P≤0.0250.025Max
S≤0.0250.025Max
Cr0.7-10.7001.000Range
Mn0.7-10.7001.000Range
Ni≤0.350.350Max
Cu≤0.250.250Max

The published column is the source string byte-for-byte, decimal comma and all; Min and Max are the parsed bounds. Elements not listed have no value on file — they are omitted, never inferred.

Predicted transformation temperatures

Not enough recorded composition to predict a transformation temperature for this grade — missing: Mo.

Physical & mechanical properties

An absent property means we hold no value for it — it is left out rather than estimated, interpolated from a neighbouring grade, or filled from a handbook. It does not mean the property is undefined for the material.

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