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GB · China · 1 designation

Q550NH

Q550NH is a grade designated under GB. Its recorded composition includes C ≤ 0.16%, Si ≤ 0.65%, Cr 0.3–1.25%, Mn ≤ 2% and Ni 0.12–0.65%. No cross-standard equivalents are recorded for this grade yet.

Chemical composition

8 elements on file · weight %

What this alloy is

Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 95.6 %Mn — 2 %Cr — 0.8 %Si — 0.7 %Traces & impurities · 1 %

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

Element% by weight
≤ 0.16
≤ 0.65
≤ 2
≤ 0.025
≤ 0.03
0.3–1.25
0.12–0.65
0.2–0.55
CarbonSiliconManganesePhosphorusSulfurChromiumNickelCopper
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≤0.160.160Max
Si≤0.650.650Max
P≤0.0250.025Max
S≤0.030.030Max
Cr0.3-1.250.3001.250Range
Mn≤22.000Max
Ni0.12-0.650.1200.650Range
Cu0.2-0.550.2000.550Range

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: 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.

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