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DIN / EN · Europe · 1 designation

17MoV8-4

17MoV8-4 is a material in the category Heat-resistant structural steels, held under material number 1.5406. Its recorded composition includes C 0.14–0.22%, V 0.3–0.4%, Cr 0.2–0.4%, Mn 0.5–0.8% and Mo 0.8–1%. No cross-standard equivalents are recorded for this grade yet. Its recorded density is 7.85 g/cm³.

About Heat-resistant structural steels

Heat-resistant structural steels are structural steels designed to retain useful strength and dimensional stability at elevated temperatures. They are used for load-bearing components in hot-service equipment where mechanical performance must be maintained during heating.

This describes the material class as a whole. Always confirm the individual grade against the standard before ordering.

Chemical composition

9 elements on file · weight %

What this alloy is

Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 97 %Mo — 0.9 %Mn — 0.7 %V — 0.4 %Traces & impurities · 1.1 %

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

Element% by weight
0.14–0.22
0.15–0.35
0.5–0.8
0.035
0.035
0.2–0.4
0.8–1
0.3
0.3–0.4
CarbonSiliconManganesePhosphorusSulfurChromiumMolybdenumNickelVanadium
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
C0,14-0,220.1400.220Range
Si0,15-0,350.1500.350Range
P0,0350.0350.035Exact
S0,0350.0350.035Exact
V0,30-0,400.3000.400Range
Cr0,20-0,400.2000.400Range
Mn0,50-0,800.5000.800Range
Ni0,30.3000.300Exact
Mo0,80-1,000.8001.000Range

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

computed from composition · °C
Predicted Ae3813°C
Predicted Ae1724°C
Predicted Acm457°C
Predicted Bs537°C

These four temperatures are a CALCULATION from this grade's own composition, using the published Li, Niebuhr, Meekisho & Atteridge (1998) model — never a measurement, and computed from the UPPER BOUND of each element's specified range, not a mid-range figure. Where this grade also has a measured transformation point (Ac1, Ac3, Ar1, Ar3) on file, it is shown separately, in Physical & mechanical properties, and is never replaced by the predicted figures here — Ae (predicted, equilibrium) and Ac/Ar (measured, on heating or cooling) are different physical quantities and can differ by tens of degrees; a mismatch between the two is not an error in either.

Physical & mechanical properties

Density7,85g/cm³Exact

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.

Similar grades — and why

Selection rule, stated so you can disagree with it: same number class 1.5, a shared category, and a published range for Mo / Mn that overlaps this grade’s. These are neighbours in composition space — they are not equivalents, and none is claimed to be interchangeable with this grade.

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