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GB · China · 1 designation

HRB500

HRB500 is a grade designated under GB. Its recorded composition includes C ≤ 0.25%, Si ≤ 0.8%, P ≤ 0.045%, S ≤ 0.045% and Mn ≤ 1.6%. No cross-standard equivalents are recorded for this grade yet. Recorded mechanical properties include Rm ≥ 630 N/mm².

Chemical composition

5 elements on file · weight %

What this alloy is

Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 97.3 %Mn — 1.6 %Si — 0.8 %C — 0.3 %Traces & impurities · 0.1 %

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

Element% by weight
≤ 0.25
≤ 0.8
≤ 1.6
≤ 0.045
≤ 0.045
CarbonSiliconManganesePhosphorusSulfur
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≤0.250.250Max
Si≤0.80.800Max
P≤0.0450.045Max
S≤0.0450.045Max
Mn≤1.61.600Max

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

Not enough recorded composition to predict a transformation temperature for this grade — missing: Ni, Cr, Mo.

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

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.

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