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Material number · Europe · 26 designations

1.1535

1.1535 is the material number of the grade also listed as C90U. It is a material in the category Unalloyed tool steels / carbon steels. We list 26 designations recorded for this grade, in the standards DIN / EN, UNS, AISI / SAE, BS, AFNOR, ISO, JIS, GB, GOST, UNI, ČSN, PN, STAS, ÖNORM and KS.

If you came for one of these

The most-used names for this grade.

About Unalloyed tool steels / carbon steels

Unalloyed tool steels are carbon steels whose working properties are developed primarily through carbon content and heat treatment. They are characterised by high attainable hardness and wear resistance, and are used for cutting tools, punches, dies, gauges and other tooling where edge retention and resistance to deformation are important.

This describes the material class as a whole. Always confirm the individual grade against the standard before ordering.

Also known as

26 designations · 15 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Withdrawndesignation no longer current — a separate column from the two above, so a name can be same grade and withdrawn at once.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

5 elements on file · weight %

What this alloy is

Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 98.6 %C — 0.9 %Mn — 0.3 %Si — 0.2 %Traces & impurities · 0.1 %

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

Element% by weight
0.85–0.95
0.1–0.3
0.1–0.4
0.03
0.03
CarbonSiliconManganesePhosphorusSulfur
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
C0,85-0,950.8500.950Range
Si0,10-0,300.1000.300Range
P0,030.0300.030Exact
S0,030.0300.030Exact
Mn0,10-0,400.1000.400Range

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: Ni, Cr, Mo.

Physical & mechanical properties

Density7,85g/cm³Exact
Transformation point Ac1730°CExact
Transformation point Ac3800°CExact · Ac3(Acm)
Transformation point Ar1700°CExact
Weldabilitynot suitable for weldingAs published: is not used.
Flake sensitivitynot susceptibleAs published: not predisposed
Temper brittlenessnot susceptibleAs published: not predisposed

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 · 21 values
By delivery stateSoft annealedsource steelnumber
Delivery stateHB
Soft annealed207
By dimensionAs-delivered statesource splav
DimensionmmRmN/mm²A5%
to 475010
By delivery stateno delivery state statedsource splav
Delivery stateHB
(annealing) , GOST 1435-99197
At temperatureno delivery state statedsource splav
Temperature°CDensityg/cm³Thermal expansion coefficient10^-6/KThermal conductivityW/(m·K)Electrical resistivitynΩ·m
207.8140420
10011.544
20011.9
30012.541
40013
50013.4
60013.938
70014.3
80013.9
90015.434
100013.3

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 1.1, 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.

Looking for this grade under another name?

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