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GB · China · 1 designation

12Cr2Ni4

12Cr2Ni4 is a grade designated under GB. Its recorded composition includes C 0.1–0.16%, Si 0.17–0.37%, Cr 0.25–1.65%, Mn 0.3–0.6% and Ni 3.25–3.65%. No cross-standard equivalents are recorded for this grade yet. Recorded mechanical properties include Rm ≥ 1080 N/mm², Re ≥ 835 N/mm², A ≥ 10% and HB 269. Further recorded physical values: E 204 GPa, λ 20.93–30.98 W/(m·K), α 11.8–15.6 ·10⁻⁶/K and cp 657 J/(kg·K); several of these are temperature-dependent.

Chemical composition

9 elements on file · weight %

What this alloy is

Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 94.3 %Ni — 3.5 %Cr — 1 %Mn — 0.4 %Traces & impurities · 0.9 %

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

Element% by weight
0.1–0.16
0.17–0.37
0.3–0.6
≤ 0.03
≤ 0.03
0.25–1.65
≤ 0.1
3.25–3.65
≤ 0.3
CarbonSiliconManganesePhosphorusSulfurChromiumMolybdenumNickelCopper
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
C0.1-0.160.1000.160Range
Si0.17-0.370.1700.370Range
P≤0.030.030Max
S≤0.030.030Max
Cr0.25-1.650.2501.650Range
Mn0.3-0.60.3000.600Range
Ni3.25-3.653.2503.650Range
Cu≤0.30.300Max
Mo≤0.10.100Max

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

2 conditions · 13 values
By dimensionno delivery state statedsource caishuku
DiametermmRmN/mm²ReN/mm²A%HB
15 – 15≥ 1080≥ 835≥ 10≤ 269
At temperatureno delivery state statedsource caishuku
Temperature°CElastic modulusGPaThermal expansion coefficient10^-6/KThermal conductivityW/(m·K)Specific heat capacityJ/(kg·K)
20204
6030.98
10011.8
20013
380657
40014.7
50025.54
60015.6
75020.93

1 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.

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.

Heat treatment

Supply condition

  • Quenching and Temperingd=15
  • Quenching
  • Carburizing
  • Quenching and Normalizing and Tempering

Conditions the standard permits on delivery. No temperature or medium is published for these, so no order and no alternation is implied.

Source: www.caishuku.com

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