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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 · 4 designations # ЭИ993 ЭИ993 is a designation in GOST for the grade also listed as 18KH12VMBFR. We list 4 designations recorded for this grade, in the standards GOST. - *Designations* **4** [Search](/search "Steel grade search")[Inquiry](/inquiry?material=567cc192-79fa-4209-8941-7abba73a1518&designation=cdc18897-71c4-414b-b4ea-df24df9ab4b1 "Inquiry")[**Datasheet as PDF** Print-ready A4 document **Generating …** **Download started** **Try again**](/materials/gost/ei993.pdf "Datasheet as PDF") ## If you came for one of these The most-used names for this grade. - [GOST 18KH12VMBFR This grade’s own name](/materials/gost/18kh12vmbfr "GOST 18KH12VMBFR") ## Also known as 4 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 Withdrawn designation no longer current — a separate column from the two above, so a name can be same grade and withdrawn at once.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 · 4 - [18KH12VMBFR This grade’s own name](/materials/gost/18kh12vmbfr "GOST 18KH12VMBFR") - [18Х12ВМБФР Indicative](/materials/gost/18kh12vmbfr "GOST 18Х12ВМБФР") - [2Х12ВМБФР Indicative](/materials/gost/2kh12vmbfr "GOST 2Х12ВМБФР") - **ЭИ993 Indicative** Every designation on file is listed — no truncation, no “+ n more”. Each one is itself a route that leads back here. ## Chemical composition 12 elements on file · weight % What this alloy is Fe Cr W Si Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 85.2 % Cr — 12 % W — 0.6 % Si — 0.5 % Traces & impurities · 1.8 % Logarithmic scale, 0.01 % to 100 % — every value here compares directly, decade by decade. | Element | % by weight | |---|---| | C | 0.15–0.22 | | Si | ≤ 0.5 | | Mn | ≤ 0.5 | | P | ≤ 0.03 | | S | ≤ 0.025 | | Cr | 11–13 | | Mo | 0.4–0.6 | | Ni | ≤ 0.06 | | V | 0.15–0.18 | | W | 0.4–0.7 | | Nb | 0.2–0.4 | | B | ≤ 0.003 | Carbon Silicon Manganese Phosphorus Sulfur Chromium Molybdenum Nickel Vanadium Tungsten Niobium Boron 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 | |---|---|---|---|---| | B | max 0.003 | — | 0.003 | Max | | C | 0.15 - 0.22 | 0.150 | 0.220 | Range | | Si | max 0.5 | — | 0.500 | Max | | P | max 0.03 | — | 0.030 | Max | | S | max 0.025 | — | 0.025 | Max | | V | 0.15 - 0.18 | 0.150 | 0.180 | Range | | Cr | 11 - 13 | 11.000 | 13.000 | Range | | Mn | max 0.5 | — | 0.500 | Max | | Ni | max 0.06 | — | 0.060 | Max | | Nb | 0.2 - 0.4 | 0.200 | 0.400 | Range | | Mo | 0.4 - 0.6 | 0.400 | 0.600 | Range | | W | 0.4 - 0.7 | 0.400 | 0.700 | 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 This grade's composition falls outside the published model's validated range (a low-alloy composition window), so no transformation temperature is predicted here. ## Physical & mechanical properties Transformation point Ac1 850 °C Exact Transformation point Ac3 930 °C Exact · Ac3(Acm) Weldability not suitable for welding As published: is not used. 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 4 conditions · 40 values By dimension**Normalizing 1050°C,Cooling air, Drawing 750°C, 3h,Cooling air** source `splav` | Dimension mm | Rm N/mm² | Re N/mm² | A5% | Z% | KCU kJ/m² | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Ø 30 x 6 | 820 | 640 | 17 | 56 | 900 | | Ø 219 x 27 | 750 | 590 | 15 | 43 | 400 | By dimension**Quenching and drawing** source `splav` | Dimension mm | Rm N/mm² | Re N/mm² | A5% | Z% | KCU kJ/m² | |---|---|---|---|---|---| | Ø 60 | 740 | 490 | 12 | 45 | 390 | By delivery state**no delivery state stated** source `splav` | Delivery state | HB | |---|---| | 18KH12VMBFR ( 18Х12ВМБФР ) (annealing) , Bar GOST 5949-75 | 229 | At temperature**no delivery state stated** source `splav` | Temperature °C | Density g/cm³ | Elastic modulus GPa | Thermal expansion coefficient 10^-6/K | Thermal conductivity W/(m·K) | |---|---|---|---|---| | 20 | 7.85 | 228 | — | 27.6 | | 100 | — | — | 11.15 | 21.8 | | 200 | — | 215 | 11.13 | 24 | | 300 | — | 209 | 11.42 | 25.1 | | 400 | — | 195 | 11.8 | 26.3 | | 500 | — | 188 | 12 | 27.2 | | 600 | — | 173 | 12.5 | 28 | | 700 | — | 155 | 12.65 | 28.9 | | 800 | — | — | 11.6 | — | 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=567cc192-79fa-4209-8941-7abba73a1518&designation=cdc18897-71c4-414b-b4ea-df24df9ab4b1 "Inquiry")[**Datasheet as PDF** Print-ready A4 document **Generating …** **Download started** **Try again**](/materials/gost/ei993.pdf "Datasheet as PDF")