--- title: "C85W — Unalloyed tool steels / carbon steels" description: "C85W in DIN / EN: material number 1.1830, also listed as C85U. Category: Unalloyed tool steels / carbon steels. 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Compare it to detect a real > content change; `generated` moves on every render and is not a change signal. DIN / EN · Europe · 16 designations # C85W C85W is a designation in DIN / EN for the material held under material number 1.1830, also listed as C85U. It is a material in the category Unalloyed tool steels / carbon steels. We list 16 designations recorded for this grade, in the standards DIN / EN, BS, AFNOR, ISO, JIS, GOST, UNI, PN, MSZ, STAS and BDS. - [*Material no.* **1.1830**](/materials/material-no/1.1830 "Material no.: 1.1830") - [*Category* **Unalloyed tool steels / carbon steels · 35 grades**](/categories/unalloyed-tool-steels-carbon-steels "Category: Unalloyed tool steels / carbon steels · 35 grades") - *Designations* **16** [Search](/search "Steel grade search")[Inquiry](/inquiry?material=824bdc64-373c-4895-8006-1097df1f0374&designation=c87de4ff-f51f-4783-9f29-d60e1b521de3 "Inquiry")[**Datasheet as PDF** Print-ready A4 document **Generating …** **Download started** **Try again**](/materials/din-en/c85w.pdf "Datasheet as PDF") ## If you came for one of these The most-used names for this grade. - [DIN / EN C85U This grade’s own name](/materials/din-en/c85u "DIN / EN C85U") ## About Unalloyed tool steels / carbon steels Unalloyed tool steels are carbon steels whose working properties are developed primarily through carbon content and heat treatment. They are characterised by high attainable hardness and wear resistance, and are used for cutting tools, punches, dies, gauges and other tooling where edge retention and resistance to deformation are important. This describes the material class as a whole. Always confirm the individual grade against the standard before ordering. ## Also known as 16 designations · 11 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 Withdrawn designation no longer current — a separate column from the two above, so a name can be same grade and withdrawn at once.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 - [C85U This grade’s own name](/materials/din-en/c85u "DIN / EN C85U") - **C85W This grade’s own name Withdrawn** BS United Kingdom · 2 - [BW1 Indicative](/materials/bs/bw1 "BS BW1") - [BW1A Indicative](/materials/bs/bw1a "BS BW1A") AFNOR France · 1 - [C90E2U Indicative](/materials/afnor/c90e2u "AFNOR C90E2U") ISO International · 1 - [C90U Indicative](/materials/din-en/c90u "ISO C90U") JIS Japan · 1 - [SK5 Indicative](/materials/jis/sk5 "JIS SK5") GOST Russia / CIS · 2 - [U9А Indicative](/materials/gost/u9a "GOST U9А") - [У9А Indicative](/materials/gost/u9a "GOST У9А") UNI Italy · 1 - [C90KU Indicative](/materials/uni/c90ku "UNI C90KU") PN Poland · 2 - [N9 Indicative](/materials/pn/n9 "PN N9") - [N9E Indicative](/materials/pn/n9e "PN N9E") MSZ Hungary · 2 - [S91 Indicative](/materials/msz/s91 "MSZ S91") - [S92 Indicative](/materials/msz/s92 "MSZ S92") STAS Romania · 1 - [OSC 8M Indicative](/materials/stas/osc-8m "STAS OSC 8M") BDS Bulgaria · 1 - [U9A Indicative](/materials/gost/u9a "BDS U9A") Every designation on file is listed — no truncation, no “+ n more”. Each one is itself a route that leads back here. ## Chemical composition 5 elements on file · weight % What this alloy is Fe C Mn Si Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 98.2 % C — 0.9 % Mn — 0.6 % Si — 0.3 % Traces & impurities · 0 % Logarithmic scale, 0.01 % to 100 % — every value here compares directly, decade by decade. | Element | % by weight | |---|---| | C | 0.8–0.9 | | Si | 0.25–0.4 | | Mn | 0.5–0.7 | | P | 0.025 | | S | 0.02 | Carbon Silicon Manganese Phosphorus Sulfur 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 | 0,80-0,90 | 0.800 | 0.900 | Range | | Si | 0,25-0,40 | 0.250 | 0.400 | Range | | P | 0,025 | 0.025 | 0.025 | Exact | | S | 0,02 | 0.020 | 0.020 | Exact | | Mn | 0,50-0,70 | 0.500 | 0.700 | 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: 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. ## Similar grades — and why Selection rule, stated so you can disagree with it: same number class 1.1, a shared category, and a published range for Mn / Si 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. [C45U 1.1730 Mn 0,60-0,80 · Si 0,15-0,40 - ΔMn 0.10 - ΔSi 0.05 - 19 designations](/materials/din-en/c45u "C45U")[C60U 1.1740 Mn 0,60-0,80 · Si 0,15-0,40 - ΔMn 0.10 - ΔSi 0.05 - 3 designations](/materials/din-en/c60u "C60U")[C67W 1.1744 Mn 0,60-0,80 · Si 0,15-0,40 - ΔMn 0.10 - ΔSi 0.05 - 3 designations](/materials/din-en/c67w "C67W")[C75W 1.1750 Mn 0,60-0,80 · Si 0,15-0,40 - ΔMn 0.10 - ΔSi 0.05 - 1 designations](/materials/din-en/c75w "C75W") ## 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=824bdc64-373c-4895-8006-1097df1f0374&designation=c87de4ff-f51f-4783-9f29-d60e1b521de3 "Inquiry")[**Datasheet as PDF** Print-ready A4 document **Generating …** **Download started** **Try again**](/materials/din-en/c85w.pdf "Datasheet as PDF")