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GB · China · 1 designation

12Cr16Mn8Ni3Cu3N

12Cr16Mn8Ni3Cu3N is a grade designated under GB. Its recorded composition includes C ≤ 0.15%, Cr 15.5–17.5%, Mn 6.5–9%, Ni 1.5–3.5% and Cu 2–4%. No cross-standard equivalents are recorded for this grade yet. Recorded mechanical properties include Rm 1230–2000 N/mm²; these figures vary with the delivery condition and dimension.

Chemical composition

10 elements on file · weight %

What this alloy is

Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 66.4 %Cr — 16.5 %Mn — 7.8 %Cu — 3 %Traces & impurities · 6.4 %

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

Element% by weight
≤ 0.15
≤ 1
6.5–9 —
≤ 0.06
≤ 0.03
15.5–17.5
2–3
1.5–3.5
2–4 —
0.05–0.25
CarbonSiliconManganesePhosphorusSulfurChromiumMolybdenumNickelCopperNitrogen
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
C≤0.15—0.150Max
N0.05-0.250.0500.250Range
Si≤1—1.000Max
P≤0.06—0.060Max
S≤0.03—0.030Max
Cr15.5-17.515.50017.500Range
Mn6.5-96.5009.000Range
Ni1.5-3.51.5003.500Range
Cu2-42.0004.000Range
Mo2-32.0003.000Range

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

This grade's composition falls outside the published model's validated range (a low-alloy composition window), so no transformation temperature is predicted here.

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.

Properties by condition

0 conditions · 0 values

11 further values are held for this grade under a condition the source did not name — a bound with no quantity attached. They are withheld rather than shown against a guessed condition.

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