--- title: "12CrNi3A — composition, equivalents and standards" description: "12CrNi3A: 1 equivalent designations across 1 standards, with the recorded chemical composition shown next to the source text." canonical: https://steelequivalents.com/materials/gb/12crni3a language: en robots: index, follow og_type: website type: material-detail language_alternates: en: https://steelequivalents.com/materials/gb/12crni3a.md cs: https://steelequivalents.com/cs/materiály/gb/12crni3a.md de: https://steelequivalents.com/de/werkstoffe/gb/12crni3a.md es: https://steelequivalents.com/es/materiales/gb/12crni3a.md fr: https://steelequivalents.com/fr/matériaux/gb/12crni3a.md hu: https://steelequivalents.com/hu/anyagok/gb/12crni3a.md it: https://steelequivalents.com/it/materiali/gb/12crni3a.md nl: https://steelequivalents.com/nl/materialen/gb/12crni3a.md pl: https://steelequivalents.com/pl/materiały/gb/12crni3a.md pt: https://steelequivalents.com/pt/materiais/gb/12crni3a.md ru: https://steelequivalents.com/ru/материалы/gb/12crni3a.md tr: https://steelequivalents.com/tr/malzemeler/gb/12crni3a.md zh: https://steelequivalents.com/zh/材料/gb/12crni3a.md ja: https://steelequivalents.com/ja/材料/gb/12crni3a.md ar: https://steelequivalents.com/ar/المواد/gb/12crni3a.md ko: https://steelequivalents.com/ko/재료/gb/12crni3a.md pt-br: https://steelequivalents.com/pt-br/materiais/gb/12crni3a.md hi: https://steelequivalents.com/hi/सामग्री/gb/12crni3a.md content_hash: sha256:10018886a2617de18bf36c3ed503a3452fd7917aac6f5375ca22c78a7bc1a3cc 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/12crni3a > Canonical URL: https://steelequivalents.com/materials/gb/12crni3a > 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 # 12CrNi3A 12CrNi3A is a grade designated under GB. Its recorded composition includes C 0.1–0.17%, Si 0.17–0.37%, Cr 0.6–0.9%, Mn 0.3–0.6% and Ni 2.75–3.15%. No cross-standard equivalents are recorded for this grade yet. - *Designations* **1** [Search](/search "Steel grade search")[Inquiry](/inquiry?material=520153f5-d08f-43d6-98e0-0d8dd8aa9b20&designation=8bc9e69e-d65f-4e96-b3b5-a0de55a3919f "Inquiry")[**Datasheet as PDF** Print-ready A4 document **Generating …** **Download started** **Try again**](/materials/gb/12crni3a.pdf "Datasheet as PDF") ## Chemical composition 9 elements on file · weight % What this alloy is Fe Ni Cr Mn Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 95 % Ni — 3 % Cr — 0.8 % Mn — 0.4 % Traces & impurities · 0.8 % Logarithmic scale, 0.01 % to 100 % — every value here compares directly, decade by decade. | Element | % by weight | |---|---| | C | 0.1–0.17 | | Si | 0.17–0.37 | | Mn | 0.3–0.6 | | P | ≤ 0.025 | | S | ≤ 0.025 | | Cr | 0.6–0.9 | | Mo | ≤ 0.1 | | Ni | 2.75–3.15 | | Cu | ≤ 0.25 | Carbon Silicon Manganese Phosphorus Sulfur Chromium Molybdenum Nickel Copper 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 | 0.1-0.17 | 0.100 | 0.170 | Range | | Si | 0.17-0.37 | 0.170 | 0.370 | Range | | P | ≤0.025 | — | 0.025 | Max | | S | ≤0.025 | — | 0.025 | Max | | Cr | 0.6-0.9 | 0.600 | 0.900 | Range | | Mn | 0.3-0.6 | 0.300 | 0.600 | Range | | Ni | 2.75-3.15 | 2.750 | 3.150 | Range | | Cu | ≤0.25 | — | 0.250 | Max | | Mo | ≤0.1 | — | 0.100 | Max | 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 Ae3 775 °C Predicted Ae1 698 °C Predicted Acm 411 °C Predicted Bs 524 °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 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. ## 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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