--- title: "1.3840 — Unalloyed structural steels" description: "1.3840: 2 equivalent designations across 1 standards, with the recorded chemical composition shown next to the source text." canonical: https://steelequivalents.com/materials/din-en/1-3840 language: en robots: index, follow og_type: website type: material-detail language_alternates: en: https://steelequivalents.com/materials/din-en/1-3840.md cs: https://steelequivalents.com/cs/materiály/din-en/1-3840.md de: https://steelequivalents.com/de/werkstoffe/din-en/1-3840.md es: https://steelequivalents.com/es/materiales/din-en/1-3840.md fr: https://steelequivalents.com/fr/matériaux/din-en/1-3840.md hu: https://steelequivalents.com/hu/anyagok/din-en/1-3840.md it: https://steelequivalents.com/it/materiali/din-en/1-3840.md nl: https://steelequivalents.com/nl/materialen/din-en/1-3840.md pl: https://steelequivalents.com/pl/materiały/din-en/1-3840.md pt: https://steelequivalents.com/pt/materiais/din-en/1-3840.md ru: https://steelequivalents.com/ru/материалы/din-en/1-3840.md tr: https://steelequivalents.com/tr/malzemeler/din-en/1-3840.md zh: https://steelequivalents.com/zh/材料/din-en/1-3840.md ja: https://steelequivalents.com/ja/材料/din-en/1-3840.md ar: https://steelequivalents.com/ar/المواد/din-en/1-3840.md ko: https://steelequivalents.com/ko/재료/din-en/1-3840.md pt-br: https://steelequivalents.com/pt-br/materiais/din-en/1-3840.md hi: https://steelequivalents.com/hi/सामग्री/din-en/1-3840.md content_hash: sha256:81f0bef0f599465af94cecdbdfdd95d0792ba67d2d045dbe0083ef9fb3e76c04 generated: 2026-09-22 --- > **Machine-readable Markdown rendering.** This is a Markdown representation of a web page, > served for AI agents and crawlers as a token-efficient alternative to the full HTML. > Full interactive HTML version: https://steelequivalents.com/materials/din-en/1-3840 > Canonical URL: https://steelequivalents.com/materials/din-en/1-3840 > Available languages: en, cs, de, es, fr, hu, it, nl, pl, pt, ru, tr, zh, ja, ar, ko, pt-br, hi > Change detection: `content_hash` is the SHA-256 of this document's Markdown body — everything > below this block, whitespace-trimmed, excluding the front-matter. Compare it to detect a real > content change; `generated` moves on every render and is not a change signal. DIN / EN · Europe · 2 designations # 1.3840 RSi 48 is a material in the category [Unalloyed structural steels](/categories/unalloyed-structural-steels "Unalloyed structural steels"), held under material number 1.0883. Its recorded composition includes C ≤ 0.08% and Si 2.5–4%. We list one designation recorded for this grade, in the standard DIN / EN. Its recorded density is 7.85 g/cm³. - [*Material no.* **1.0883**](/materials/material-no/1.0883 "Material no.: 1.0883") - [*Category* **Unalloyed structural steels · 452 grades**](/categories/unalloyed-structural-steels "Category: Unalloyed structural steels · 452 grades") - *Designations* **2** [Search](/search "Steel grade search")[Inquiry](/inquiry?material=c6e534ea-0e40-4cb3-ac60-fb3175b5cf9a&designation=91c01ca6-6692-41c6-b3d4-2904ed4cb798 "Inquiry")[**Datasheet as PDF** Print-ready A4 document **Generating …** **Download started** **Try again**](/materials/din-en/1-3840.pdf "Datasheet as PDF") ## If you came for one of these The most-used names for this grade. - [DIN / EN RSi 48 This grade’s own name](/materials/din-en/rsi-48 "DIN / EN RSi 48") ## About Unalloyed structural steels Unalloyed structural steels include all low-carbon steels in which the iron companions do not exceed specified minimum values. The yield strength, formability and weldability are the decisive factors for their use. They are soft, pliable, tough and stretchy, but cannot be hardened by heat treatment. This describes the material class as a whole. Always confirm the individual grade against the standard before ordering. ## Also known as 2 designations · 1 standards · nothing hidden This grade’s own name recorded in our sources as this grade’s own designation under that standard. Indicative taken from a published cross-reference table; a close match, not a guarantee of interchangeability. Verify against the mill certificate before ordering. Withdrawn designation no longer current — a separate column from the two above, so a name can be same grade and withdrawn at once. DIN / EN Europe · 2 - **1.3840 This grade’s own name** - [RSi 48 This grade’s own name](/materials/din-en/rsi-48 "DIN / EN RSi 48") Every designation on file is listed — no truncation, no “+ n more”. Each one is itself a route that leads back here. ## Chemical composition 2 elements on file · weight % What this alloy is Fe Si C Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 96.7 % Si — 3.3 % C — 0.1 % Logarithmic scale, 0.01 % to 100 % — every value here compares directly, decade by decade. | Element | % by weight | |---|---| | C | ≤ 0.08 | | Si | 2.5–4 — Unusual | Carbon Silicon 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. | Element | As published source text, verbatim | Min% by weight | Max% by weight | Bound | |---|---|---|---|---| | C | ≤0,08 | — | 0.080 | Max | | Si | 2,50-4,00 | 2.500 | 4.000 | Range | 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: Mn, Ni, Cr, Mo. ## Physical & mechanical properties Density 7,85 g/cm³ Exact 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. ## Looking for this grade under another name? Search the catalogue by designation, material number or composition — every name on this page is itself a way in. [Search](/search "Steel grade search")[Inquiry](/inquiry?material=c6e534ea-0e40-4cb3-ac60-fb3175b5cf9a&designation=91c01ca6-6692-41c6-b3d4-2904ed4cb798 "Inquiry")[**Datasheet as PDF** Print-ready A4 document **Generating …** **Download started** **Try again**](/materials/din-en/1-3840.pdf "Datasheet as PDF")