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GOST · Russia / CIS · 1 designation

68А

68А is a grade designated under GOST. Its recorded composition includes C 0.65–0.7%, Si 0.15–0.25%, Mn 0.4–0.55%, Ni ≤ 0.2% and Cu ≤ 0.15%. No cross-standard equivalents are recorded for this grade yet.

Chemical composition

9 elements on file · weight %

What this alloy is

Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 98.1 %C — 0.7 %Mn — 0.5 %Si — 0.2 %Traces & impurities · 0.6 %

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

Element% by weight
0.65–0.7
0.15–0.25
0.4–0.55
≤ 0.025
≤ 0.025
≤ 0.12
≤ 0.2
≤ 0.15
≤ 0.05
CarbonSiliconManganesePhosphorusSulfurChromiumNickelCopperAluminium
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
C0.65 - 0.70.6500.700Range
Almax 0.050.050Max
Si0.15 - 0.250.1500.250Range
Pmax 0.0250.025Max
Smax 0.0250.025Max
Crmax 0.120.120Max
Mn0.4 - 0.550.4000.550Range
Nimax 0.20.200Max
Cumax 0.150.150Max

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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