--- title: "38CrMoAlA — composition, equivalents and standards" description: "38CrMoAlA: 1 equivalent designations across 1 standards, with the recorded chemical composition shown next to the source text." canonical: https://steelequivalents.com/materials/gb/38crmoala language: en robots: index, follow og_type: website type: material-detail language_alternates: en: https://steelequivalents.com/materials/gb/38crmoala.md cs: https://steelequivalents.com/cs/materiály/gb/38crmoala.md de: https://steelequivalents.com/de/werkstoffe/gb/38crmoala.md es: https://steelequivalents.com/es/materiales/gb/38crmoala.md fr: https://steelequivalents.com/fr/matériaux/gb/38crmoala.md hu: https://steelequivalents.com/hu/anyagok/gb/38crmoala.md it: https://steelequivalents.com/it/materiali/gb/38crmoala.md nl: https://steelequivalents.com/nl/materialen/gb/38crmoala.md pl: https://steelequivalents.com/pl/materiały/gb/38crmoala.md pt: https://steelequivalents.com/pt/materiais/gb/38crmoala.md ru: https://steelequivalents.com/ru/материалы/gb/38crmoala.md tr: https://steelequivalents.com/tr/malzemeler/gb/38crmoala.md zh: https://steelequivalents.com/zh/材料/gb/38crmoala.md ja: https://steelequivalents.com/ja/材料/gb/38crmoala.md ar: https://steelequivalents.com/ar/المواد/gb/38crmoala.md ko: https://steelequivalents.com/ko/재료/gb/38crmoala.md pt-br: https://steelequivalents.com/pt-br/materiais/gb/38crmoala.md hi: https://steelequivalents.com/hi/सामग्री/gb/38crmoala.md content_hash: sha256:103e649eda39e521ffc63c48e57cee43ba133429fd0c338c2088f4bd18bf2905 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/38crmoala > Canonical URL: https://steelequivalents.com/materials/gb/38crmoala > 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 # 38CrMoAlA 38CrMoAlA is a grade designated under GB. Its recorded composition includes C 0.35–0.42%, Al 0.7–1.1%, Si 0.2–0.45%, Cr 1.35–1.65% and Mn 0.3–0.6%. No cross-standard equivalents are recorded for this grade yet. - *Designations* **1** [Search](/search "Steel grade search")[Inquiry](/inquiry?material=3a798422-bcf6-498d-b705-bed6687ab288&designation=dd22f00d-6f7a-4006-bfba-68df6845a03a "Inquiry")[**Datasheet as PDF** Print-ready A4 document **Generating …** **Download started** **Try again**](/materials/gb/38crmoala.pdf "Datasheet as PDF") ## Chemical composition 10 elements on file · weight % What this alloy is Fe Cr Al Mn Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 95.6 % Cr — 1.5 % Al — 0.9 % Mn — 0.4 % Traces & impurities · 1.5 % Logarithmic scale, 0.01 % to 100 % — every value here compares directly, decade by decade. | Element | % by weight | |---|---| | C | 0.35–0.42 | | Si | 0.2–0.45 | | Mn | 0.3–0.6 | | P | ≤ 0.025 | | S | ≤ 0.025 | | Cr | 1.35–1.65 | | Mo | 0.15–0.25 | | Ni | ≤ 0.3 | | Cu | ≤ 0.25 | | Al | 0.7–1.1 | Carbon Silicon Manganese Phosphorus Sulfur Chromium Molybdenum Nickel Copper Aluminium 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 | 0.35-0.42 | 0.350 | 0.420 | Range | | Al | 0.7-1.1 | 0.700 | 1.100 | Range | | Si | 0.2-0.45 | 0.200 | 0.450 | Range | | P | ≤0.025 | — | 0.025 | Max | | S | ≤0.025 | — | 0.025 | Max | | Cr | 1.35-1.65 | 1.350 | 1.650 | Range | | Mn | 0.3-0.6 | 0.300 | 0.600 | Range | | Ni | ≤0.3 | — | 0.300 | Max | | Cu | ≤0.25 | — | 0.250 | Max | | Mo | 0.15-0.25 | 0.150 | 0.250 | 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 computed from composition · °C Predicted Ae3 783 °C Predicted Ae1 759 °C Predicted Acm 642 °C Predicted Bs 521 °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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