--- title: "12Cr16Mn8Ni3Cu3N" description: "12Cr16Mn8Ni3Cu3N: 1 equivalent designations across 1 standards, with the recorded chemical composition shown next to the source text." canonical: https://steelequivalents.com/materials/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n language: en robots: index, follow og_type: website type: material-detail language_alternates: en: https://steelequivalents.com/materials/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n.md cs: https://steelequivalents.com/cs/materiály/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n.md de: https://steelequivalents.com/de/werkstoffe/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n.md es: https://steelequivalents.com/es/materiales/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n.md fr: https://steelequivalents.com/fr/matériaux/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n.md hu: https://steelequivalents.com/hu/anyagok/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n.md it: https://steelequivalents.com/it/materiali/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n.md nl: https://steelequivalents.com/nl/materialen/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n.md pl: https://steelequivalents.com/pl/materiały/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n.md pt: https://steelequivalents.com/pt/materiais/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n.md ru: https://steelequivalents.com/ru/материалы/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n.md tr: https://steelequivalents.com/tr/malzemeler/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n.md zh: https://steelequivalents.com/zh/材料/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n.md ja: https://steelequivalents.com/ja/材料/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n.md ar: https://steelequivalents.com/ar/المواد/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n.md ko: https://steelequivalents.com/ko/재료/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n.md pt-br: https://steelequivalents.com/pt-br/materiais/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n.md hi: https://steelequivalents.com/hi/सामग्री/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n.md content_hash: sha256:0fdac3137b4a76561961da959dc4d597e06d347bd3dc9bc202f00c87fe18a2ae generated: 2026-09-24 --- > **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/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n > Canonical URL: https://steelequivalents.com/materials/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n > 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. 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. - *Designations* **1** [Search](/search "Steel grade search")[Inquiry](/inquiry?material=90207773-3653-40ef-8d34-08acadce3314&designation=7bcea5ce-3533-4bce-a673-ed5d1cbba2ff "Inquiry")[**Datasheet as PDF** Print-ready A4 document **Generating …** **Download started** **Try again**](/materials/gb/12cr16mn8ni3cu3n.pdf "Datasheet as PDF") ## Chemical composition 10 elements on file · weight % What this alloy is Fe Cr Mn Cu 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 | |---|---| | C | ≤ 0.15 | | Si | ≤ 1 | | Mn | 6.5–9 — Unusual | | P | ≤ 0.06 | | S | ≤ 0.03 | | Cr | 15.5–17.5 | | Mo | 2–3 | | Ni | 1.5–3.5 | | Cu | 2–4 — Unusual | | N | 0.05–0.25 | Carbon Silicon Manganese Phosphorus Sulfur Chromium Molybdenum Nickel Copper Nitrogen 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 | ≤0.15 | — | 0.150 | Max | | N | 0.05-0.25 | 0.050 | 0.250 | Range | | Si | ≤1 | — | 1.000 | Max | | P | ≤0.06 | — | 0.060 | Max | | S | ≤0.03 | — | 0.030 | Max | | Cr | 15.5-17.5 | 15.500 | 17.500 | Range | | Mn | 6.5-9 | 6.500 | 9.000 | Range | | Ni | 1.5-3.5 | 1.500 | 3.500 | Range | | Cu | 2-4 | 2.000 | 4.000 | Range | | Mo | 2-3 | 2.000 | 3.000 | 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 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. ## 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. 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