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GB · China · 1 designation

Q890E

Q890E is a grade designated under GB. Its recorded composition includes C ≤ 0.2%, Si ≤ 0.8%, Cr ≤ 1.5%, Mn ≤ 2% and Ni ≤ 2%. No cross-standard equivalents are recorded for this grade yet.

Chemical composition

13 elements on file · weight %

What this alloy is

Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 92 %Mn — 2 %Ni — 2 %Cr — 1.5 %Traces & impurities · 2.5 %

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

Element% by weight
≤ 0.2
≤ 0.8
≤ 2
≤ 0.02
≤ 0.01
≤ 1.5
≤ 0.7
≤ 2
≤ 0.12
≤ 0.5
≤ 0.05
≤ 0.06
≤ 0.005
CarbonSiliconManganesePhosphorusSulfurChromiumMolybdenumNickelVanadiumCopperTitaniumNiobiumBoron
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
B≤0.0050.005Max
C≤0.20.200Max
Si≤0.80.800Max
P≤0.020.020Max
S≤0.010.010Max
Ti≤0.050.050Max
V≤0.120.120Max
Cr≤1.51.500Max
Mn≤22.000Max
Ni≤22.000Max
Cu≤0.50.500Max
Nb≤0.060.060Max
Mo≤0.70.700Max

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 Ae3788°C
Predicted Ae1719°C
Predicted Acm478°C
Predicted Bs446°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.

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