--- title: "1.0540 — Quenched and tempered steels" description: "1.0540 is the material number of the grade also listed as C50. Category: Quenched and tempered steels. 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Compare it to detect a real > content change; `generated` moves on every render and is not a change signal. Material number · Europe · 25 designations # 1.0540 1.0540 is the material number of the grade also listed as C50. It is a material in the category Quenched and tempered steels. We list 25 designations recorded for this grade, in the standards DIN / EN, UNS, AISI / SAE, BS, AFNOR, ISO, JIS, GB, GOST, UNI, SS, ČSN, STN and STAS. - ***Material no.* **1.0540**** - [*Category* **Quenched and tempered steels · 133 grades**](/categories/quenched-and-tempered-steels "Category: Quenched and tempered steels · 133 grades") - *Designations* **25** [Search](/search "Steel grade search")[Inquiry](/inquiry?material=70166345-7407-4dcf-9273-6529907d5339 "Inquiry")[**Datasheet as PDF** Print-ready A4 document **Generating …** **Download started** **Try again**](/materials/material-no/1.0540.pdf "Datasheet as PDF") ## If you came for one of these The most-used names for this grade. - [DIN / EN C50 This grade’s own name](/materials/din-en/c50 "DIN / EN C50") - [UNS G10490 This grade’s own name · 5 grades on that route](/materials/uns/g10490 "UNS G10490") - [AISI / SAE 1049 This grade’s own name · 6 grades on that route](/materials/aisi-sae/1049 "AISI / SAE 1049") ## About Quenched and tempered steels Quenched and tempered steels are heat-treated steels designed to combine high strength with useful toughness and ductility. They are used for heavily loaded components such as shafts, gears, fasteners and structural machine parts where resistance to mechanical stress is required. This describes the material class as a whole. Always confirm the individual grade against the standard before ordering. ## Also known as 25 designations · 14 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 Withdrawn designation no longer current — a separate column from the two above, so a name can be same grade and withdrawn at once. DIN / EN Europe · 2 - [C50 This grade’s own name](/materials/din-en/c50 "DIN / EN C50") - [Ck50 Indicative](/materials/din-en/ck50 "DIN / EN Ck50") UNS United States · 2 - [G10490 This grade’s own name](/materials/uns/g10490 "UNS G10490") - [G10500 This grade’s own name](/materials/uns/g10500 "UNS G10500") AISI / SAE United States · 2 - [1049 This grade’s own name](/materials/aisi-sae/1049 "AISI / SAE 1049") - [1050 This grade’s own name](/materials/aisi-sae/1050 "AISI / SAE 1050") BS United Kingdom · 4 - [070M50 Indicative](/materials/bs/070m50 "BS 070M50") - [080M50 Indicative](/materials/bs/080m50 "BS 080M50") - [080M50 C50 C50E C50R Indicative](/materials/bs/080m50-c50-c50e-c50r "BS 080M50 C50 C50E C50R") - [C50 C50E C50R Indicative](/materials/bs/c50-c50e-c50r "BS C50 C50E C50R") AFNOR France · 2 - [XC48H1 Indicative](/materials/afnor/xc48h1 "AFNOR XC48H1") - [XC50 Indicative](/materials/afnor/xc50 "AFNOR XC50") ISO International · 3 - [C50 Indicative](/materials/din-en/c50 "ISO C50") - [C50 C50E4 C50M2 Indicative](/materials/iso/c50-c50e4-c50m2 "ISO C50 C50E4 C50M2") - [C50E4 Indicative](/materials/iso/c50e4 "ISO C50E4") JIS Japan · 1 - [S50C Indicative](/materials/jis/s50c "JIS S50C") GB China · 1 - [50 Indicative](/materials/bds/50 "GB 50") GOST Russia / CIS · 1 - [50 Indicative](/materials/bds/50 "GOST 50") UNI Italy · 3 - [1C50 Indicative](/materials/uni/1c50 "UNI 1C50") - [C50 Indicative](/materials/din-en/c50 "UNI C50") - [C50E Indicative](/materials/din-en/c50e "UNI C50E") SS Sweden · 1 - [1674 Indicative](/materials/ss/1674 "SS 1674") ČSN Czechia · 1 - [12051 Indicative](/materials/csn/12051 "ČSN 12051") STN Slovakia · 1 - [12 051 Indicative](/materials/csn/12051 "STN 12 051") STAS Romania · 1 - [OLC50X Indicative](/materials/stas/olc50x "STAS OLC50X") Every designation on file is listed — no truncation, no “+ n more”. Each one is itself a route that leads back here. ## Chemical composition 8 elements on file · weight % What this alloy is Fe Mn C Si Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 97.4 % Mn — 0.8 % C — 0.5 % Si — 0.4 % Traces & impurities · 1 % Logarithmic scale, 0.01 % to 100 % — every value here compares directly, decade by decade. | Element | % by weight | |---|---| | C | 0.47–0.55 | | Si | ≤ 0.4 | | Mn | 0.6–0.9 | | P | 0.045 | | S | 0.045 | | Cr | ≤ 0.4 | | Mo | ≤ 0.1 | | Ni | ≤ 0.4 | Carbon Silicon Manganese Phosphorus Sulfur Chromium Molybdenum Nickel 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 | 0,47-0,55 | 0.470 | 0.550 | Range | | Si | ≤0,40 | — | 0.400 | Max | | P | 0,045 | 0.045 | 0.045 | Exact | | S | 0,045 | 0.045 | 0.045 | Exact | | Cr | ≤0,40 | — | 0.400 | Max | | Mn | 0,60-0,90 | 0.600 | 0.900 | Range | | Ni | ≤0,40 | — | 0.400 | Max | | Mo | ≤0,10 | — | 0.100 | Max | - (Cr + Mo + Ni) ≤ 0,63 - (Cr + Mo + Ni) ≤ 0,63 - (Cr + Mo + Ni) ≤ 0,63 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 753 °C Predicted Ae1 723 °C Predicted Acm 663 °C Predicted Bs 550 °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 Density 7,85 g/cm³ Exact 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 thickness**Normalized** source `steelnumber` | Thickness mm | Rm N/mm² | A% | |---|---|---| | ≤ 100 | 610 | 14 | | 100 – 250 | 590 | 14 | 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. ## Similar grades — and why Selection rule, stated so you can disagree with it: same number class 1.0, a shared category, and a published range for Mn / Si that overlaps this grade’s. These are neighbours in composition space — they are not equivalents, and none is claimed to be interchangeable with this grade. [1.0535 1.0535 Mn 0,60-0,90 · Si ≤0,40 - ΔMn 0.00 - ΔSi 0.00 - 101 designations](/materials/material-no/1.0535 "1.0535")[1.0601 1.0601 Mn 0,60-0,90 · Si ≤0,40 - ΔMn 0.00 - ΔSi 0.00 - 92 designations](/materials/material-no/1.0601 "1.0601")[E255 1.0408 Mn 0,40-1,10 · Si ≤0,35 - ΔMn 0.00 - ΔSi 0.03 - 10 designations](/materials/din-en/e255 "E255")[C26D 1.0415 Mn 0,50-0,80 · Si 0,10-0,30 - ΔMn 0.10 - ΔSi 0.00 - 8 designations](/materials/din-en/c26d "C26D")[1.0501 1.0501 Mn 0,50-0,80 · Si ≤0,40 - ΔMn 0.10 - ΔSi 0.00 - 123 designations](/materials/material-no/1.0501 "1.0501")[C35GPb 1.0502 Mn 0,50-0,80 · Si ≤0,40 - ΔMn 0.10 - ΔSi 0.00 - 2 designations](/materials/din-en/c35gpb "C35GPb") ## 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. 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