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GOST · Russia / CIS · 6 designations

КО-3

КО-3 is a designation in GOST for the grade also listed as 08KH18G8N2T. We list 6 designations recorded for this grade, in the standards GOST.

If you came for one of these

The most-used names for this grade.

Also known as

6 designations · 1 standards · nothing hidden
This grade’s own namerecorded in our sources as this grade’s own designation under that standard.
Indicativetaken from a published cross-reference table; a close match, not a guarantee of interchangeability. Verify against the mill certificate before ordering.
Withdrawndesignation no longer current — a separate column from the two above, so a name can be same grade and withdrawn at once.

Every designation on file is listed — no truncation, no “+ n more”. Each one is itself a route that leads back here.

Chemical composition

9 elements on file · weight %

What this alloy is

Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 70.1 %Cr — 18 %Mn — 8 %Ni — 2.3 %Traces & impurities · 1.6 %

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

Element% by weight
≤ 0.08
≤ 0.8
7–9 —
≤ 0.035
≤ 0.025
17–19
1.8–2.8
≤ 0.3
0.2–0.5
CarbonSiliconManganesePhosphorusSulfurChromiumNickelCopperTitanium
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
Cmax 0.080.080Max
Simax 0.80.800Max
Pmax 0.0350.035Max
Smax 0.0250.025Max
Ti0.2 - 0.50.2000.500Range
Cr17 - 1917.00019.000Range
Mn7 - 97.0009.000Range
Ni1.8 - 2.81.8002.800Range
Cumax 0.30.300Max

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

Weldabilityreadily weldableAs published: without limitations.

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

3 conditions · 20 values
By dimensionno delivery state statedsource splav
DimensionmmRmN/mm²ReN/mm²
to 600588265
By heat-treated conditionno delivery state statedsource splav
Heat-treated conditionRmN/mm²ReN/mm²A5%KCUkJ/m²
Sheet trick, GOST 7350-7759034520590
At temperatureno delivery state statedsource splav
Temperature°CDensityg/cm³Elastic modulusGPaThermal expansion coefficient10^-6/KThermal conductivityW/(m·K)Specific heat capacityJ/(kg·K)Electrical resistivitynΩ·m
207.721221710
10020312.3462
200195
300184
400177
500164
600167
700146
800161

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.

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