--- title: "1.3968 — Non-magnetic steels" description: "1.3968 is the material number of the grade also listed as X12MnCr18-12. Category: Non-magnetic 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 · 1 designation # 1.3968 1.3968 is the material number of the grade also listed as X12MnCr18-12. It is a material in the category Non-magnetic steels. We list 1 designations recorded for this grade, in the standards DIN / EN. - ***Material no.* **1.3968**** - [*Category* **Non-magnetic steels · 31 grades**](/categories/non-magnetic-steels "Category: Non-magnetic steels · 31 grades") - *Designations* **1** [Search](/search "Steel grade search")[Inquiry](/inquiry?material=60710e09-0cfe-499b-ae0e-6ce69f93f56b "Inquiry")[**Datasheet as PDF** Print-ready A4 document **Generating …** **Download started** **Try again**](/materials/material-no/1.3968.pdf "Datasheet as PDF") ## If you came for one of these The most-used names for this grade. - [DIN / EN X12MnCr18-12 This grade’s own name](/materials/din-en/x12mncr18-12 "DIN / EN X12MnCr18-12") ## About Non-magnetic steels Non-magnetic steels are alloy steels designed to have very low magnetic response while retaining useful mechanical strength and ductility. They are used for components and structures where magnetic interference must be minimised, including specialised electrical, laboratory and mechanical equipment. This describes the material class as a whole. Always confirm the individual grade against the standard before ordering. ## Also known as 1 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 Withdrawn designation no longer current — a separate column from the two above, so a name can be same grade and withdrawn at once. DIN / EN Europe · 1 - [X12MnCr18-12 This grade’s own name](/materials/din-en/x12mncr18-12 "DIN / EN X12MnCr18-12") 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 Cr Ni Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 66.2 % Mn — 18 % Cr — 12 % Ni — 2 % Traces & impurities · 1.8 % Logarithmic scale, 0.01 % to 100 % — every value here compares directly, decade by decade. | Element | % by weight | |---|---| | C | ≤ 0.15 | | Si | ≤ 1 | | Mn | 17–19 | | P | 0.08 | | S | 0.03 | | Cr | 11–13 | | Mo | 0.3–0.8 | | Ni | 1.5–2.5 | 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 | ≤0,15 | — | 0.150 | Max | | Si | ≤1,00 | — | 1.000 | Max | | P | 0,08 | 0.080 | 0.080 | Exact | | S | 0,03 | 0.030 | 0.030 | Exact | | Cr | 11,0-13,0 | 11.000 | 13.000 | Range | | Mn | 17,0-19,0 | 17.000 | 19.000 | Range | | Ni | 1,50-2,50 | 1.500 | 2.500 | Range | | Mo | 0,30-0,80 | 0.300 | 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 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 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. ## Similar grades — and why Selection rule, stated so you can disagree with it: same number class 1.3, a shared category, and a published range for Mn / Cr 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. [X5MnCrNiN18-13 1.3949 Mn 17,0-19,0 · Cr 12,0-14,0 - ΔMn 0.00 - ΔCr 1.00 - 1 designations](/materials/din-en/x5mncrnin18-13 "X5MnCrNiN18-13")[X50MnCrV20-14 1.3819 Mn 19,0-21,0 · Cr 13,0-15,0 - ΔMn 2.00 - ΔCr 2.00 - 1 designations](/materials/din-en/x50mncrv20-14 "X50MnCrV20-14") ## 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=60710e09-0cfe-499b-ae0e-6ce69f93f56b "Inquiry")[**Datasheet as PDF** Print-ready A4 document **Generating …** **Download started** **Try again**](/materials/material-no/1.3968.pdf "Datasheet as PDF")