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Compare it to detect a real > content change; `generated` moves on every render and is not a change signal. GOST · Russia / CIS · 3 designations # ЭИ578 ЭИ578 is a designation in GOST for the grade also listed as 18Kh3MV. We list 3 designations recorded for this grade, in the standards GOST. - *Designations* **3** [Search](/search "Steel grade search")[Inquiry](/inquiry?material=45133077-8fbb-45e5-b47d-f0954d54e924&designation=66637741-99db-40ff-b45a-7f554ac6b30c "Inquiry")[**Datasheet as PDF** Print-ready A4 document **Generating …** **Download started** **Try again**](/materials/gost/ei578.pdf "Datasheet as PDF") ## If you came for one of these The most-used names for this grade. - [GOST 18Kh3MV This grade’s own name](/materials/gost/18kh3mv "GOST 18Kh3MV") ## Also known as 3 designations · 1 standards · nothing hidden This grade’s own name recorded in our sources as this grade’s own designation under that standard. Indicative taken from a published cross-reference table; a close match, not a guarantee of interchangeability. Verify against the mill certificate before ordering. Withdrawn designation no longer current — a separate column from the two above, so a name can be same grade and withdrawn at once. GOST Russia / CIS · 3 - [18Kh3MV This grade’s own name](/materials/gost/18kh3mv "GOST 18Kh3MV") - [18Х3МВ Indicative](/materials/gost/18kh3mv "GOST 18Х3МВ") - **ЭИ578 Indicative** Every designation on file is listed — no truncation, no “+ n more”. Each one is itself a route that leads back here. ## Chemical composition 10 elements on file · weight % What this alloy is Fe Cr W Mo Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 94.7 % Cr — 2.8 % W — 0.7 % Mo — 0.6 % Traces & impurities · 1.3 % Logarithmic scale, 0.01 % to 100 % — every value here compares directly, decade by decade. | Element | % by weight | |---|---| | C | 0.15–0.2 | | Si | 0.17–0.37 | | Mn | 0.25–0.5 | | P | ≤ 0.03 | | S | ≤ 0.025 | | Cr | 2.5–3 | | Mo | 0.5–0.7 | | Ni | ≤ 0.3 | | V | 0.05–0.15 | | W | 0.5–0.8 | Carbon Silicon Manganese Phosphorus Sulfur Chromium Molybdenum Nickel Vanadium Tungsten 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 | 0.15 - 0.2 | 0.150 | 0.200 | Range | | Si | 0.17 - 0.37 | 0.170 | 0.370 | Range | | P | max 0.03 | — | 0.030 | Max | | S | max 0.025 | — | 0.025 | Max | | V | 0.05 - 0.15 | 0.050 | 0.150 | Range | | Cr | 2.5 - 3 | 2.500 | 3.000 | Range | | Mn | 0.25 - 0.5 | 0.250 | 0.500 | Range | | Ni | max 0.3 | — | 0.300 | Max | | Mo | 0.5 - 0.7 | 0.500 | 0.700 | Range | | W | 0.5 - 0.8 | 0.500 | 0.800 | 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 818 °C Predicted Ae1 790 °C Predicted Acm 499 °C Predicted Bs 473 °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. ## Properties by condition 1 conditions · 4 values By heat-treated condition**no delivery state stated** source `splav` | Heat-treated condition | Rm N/mm² | Re N/mm² | A5% | KCU kJ/m² | |---|---|---|---|---| | Bar, GOST 20072-74 | 640 | 440 | 18 | 1180 | Every figure holds only for the condition on its own row. Values are never merged across conditions or across sources, never averaged, and never interpolated between two rows. An em dash means no value on file — never zero. Figures are converted to the unit in the column header; the source’s own wording is kept and shown where the two differ. ## 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. [Search](/search "Steel grade search")[Inquiry](/inquiry?material=45133077-8fbb-45e5-b47d-f0954d54e924&designation=66637741-99db-40ff-b45a-7f554ac6b30c "Inquiry")[**Datasheet as PDF** Print-ready A4 document **Generating …** **Download started** **Try again**](/materials/gost/ei578.pdf "Datasheet as PDF")