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DIN / EN · Europe · 91 designations

36CrNiMo4

36CrNiMo4 is a material in the category Quenched and tempered steels, held under material number 1.6511. We list 90 designations recorded for this grade, in the standards DIN / EN, UNS, AISI / SAE, ASTM, BS, AFNOR, UNE, ISO, SAE AMS, JIS, GOST, UNI, ČSN, PN, SRPS, MSZ, STAS, AS / NZS and BDS. Its recorded composition includes C 0.32–0.4%, Si ≤ 0.4%, Cr 0.9–1.2%, Mn 0.5–0.8% and Ni 0.9–1.2%. Recorded mechanical properties include Rm 650–1100 N/mm², Re 380–590 N/mm², A 10–16%, HB 217–241, Z 40–57% and KCU 290–680 kJ/m²; these figures vary with the delivery condition and dimension. Its recorded density is 7.8–7.85 g/cm³. Further recorded physical values: E 212 GPa. Recorded transformation points: Ac1 713 °C, Ac3 780 °C, Ar1 627 °C and Ar3 710 °C. Its weldability is recorded as difficult.

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The most-used names for this grade.

About Quenched and tempered steels

Quenched and tempered steels are heat-treated steels designed to combine high strength with useful toughness and ductility. They are used for heavily loaded components such as shafts, gears, fasteners and structural machine parts where resistance to mechanical stress is required.

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

Also known as

91 designations · 19 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Withdrawndesignation no longer current — a separate column from the two above, so a name can be same grade and withdrawn at once.
DIN / ENEurope · 2
ASTMUnited States · 1
ISOInternational · 1
  • 36CrNiMo4Indicative
SRPSSerbia · 1
MSZHungary · 1
  • 36CrNiMo4Indicative
AS / NZSAustralia / New Zealand · 1
STASRomania · 1
BDSBulgaria · 2

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 — 96.2 %Cr — 1.1 %Ni — 1.1 %Mn — 0.7 %Traces & impurities · 1.1 %

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

Element% by weight
0.32–0.4
≤ 0.4
0.5–0.8
0.035
0.035
0.9–1.2
0.15–0.3
0.9–1.2
CarbonSiliconManganesePhosphorusSulfurChromiumMolybdenumNickel
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
C0,32-0,400.3200.400Range
Si≤0,400.400Max
P0,0350.0350.035Exact
S0,0350.0350.035Exact
Cr0,90-1,200.9001.200Range
Mn0,50-0,800.5000.800Range
Ni0,90-1,200.9001.200Range
Mo0,15-,300.1500.300Range

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 Ae3766°C
Predicted Ae1731°C
Predicted Acm607°C
Predicted Bs515°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
Transformation point Ac1713°CExact
Transformation point Ac3780°CExact · Ac3(Acm)
Transformation point Ar3710°CExact · Ar3(Arcm)
Transformation point Ar1627°CExact
Weldabilitydifficult to weldAs published: hard weldability.
Flake sensitivitysusceptibleAs published: predisposed
Temper brittlenesssusceptibleAs published: predisposed

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.

Properties by condition

6 conditions · 41 values
By thicknessQuenched and temperedsource steelnumber
ThicknessmmReHN/mm²RmN/mm²A%
≤ 8900110010
8 – 20800100011
20 – 5070090012
50 – 8060080013
≤ 16075014
160 – 33070015
330 – 66065016
By dimensionQuenching 820°C, water, Drawing 600°C, watersource splav
DimensionmmRmN/mm²ReN/mm²A5%Z%KCUkJ/m²
Ø 507705901857680
Ø 757305401854590
Ø 1007204901856290
By dimensionQuenching and drawingsource splav
DimensionmmRmN/mm²ReN/mm²A5%Z%
Ø 256603801240
By delivery stateno delivery state statedsource splav
Delivery stateHB
(annealing) , GOST 4543-71217
By delivery stateSoft annealedsource steelnumber
Delivery stateHB
Soft annealed241
At temperatureno delivery state statedsource splav
Temperature°CDensityg/cm³Elastic modulusGPa
207.8212

Every figure holds only for the condition on its own row. Values are never merged across conditions or across sources, never averaged, and never interpolated between two rows. An em dash means no value on file — never zero. Figures are converted to the unit in the column header; the source’s own wording is kept and shown where the two differ.

Similar grades — and why

Selection rule, stated so you can disagree with it: same number class 1.6, a shared category, and a published range for Cr / Ni 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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