--- title: "1.7242 — Heat-resistant structural steels" description: "1.7242 is the material number of the grade also listed as 16CrMo4. Category: Heat-resistant structural 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 # 1.7242 1.7242 is the material number of the grade also listed as 16CrMo4. It is a material in the category Heat-resistant structural steels. We list 1 designations recorded for this grade, in the standards DIN / EN. - ***Material no.* **1.7242**** - [*Category* **Heat-resistant structural steels · 62 grades**](/categories/heat-resistant-structural-steels "Category: Heat-resistant structural steels · 62 grades") - *Designations* **1** [Search](/search "Steel grade search")[Inquiry](/inquiry?material=b17a755b-73c2-458b-a65e-9ad19e4b46b3 "Inquiry")[**Datasheet as PDF** Print-ready A4 document **Generating …** **Download started** **Try again**](/materials/material-no/1.7242.pdf "Datasheet as PDF") ## If you came for one of these The most-used names for this grade. - [DIN / EN 16CrMo4 This grade’s own name](/materials/din-en/16crmo4 "DIN / EN 16CrMo4") ## About Heat-resistant structural steels Heat-resistant structural steels are structural steels designed to retain useful strength and dimensional stability at elevated temperatures. They are used for load-bearing components in hot-service equipment where mechanical performance must be maintained during heating. 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 Withdrawn designation no longer current — a separate column from the two above, so a name can be same grade and withdrawn at once.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 - [16CrMo4 This grade’s own name](/materials/din-en/16crmo4 "DIN / EN 16CrMo4") 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 Cr Mn Ni Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 97.2 % Cr — 1.1 % Mn — 0.7 % Ni — 0.4 % Traces & impurities · 0.7 % Logarithmic scale, 0.01 % to 100 % — every value here compares directly, decade by decade. | Element | % by weight | |---|---| | C | 0.13–0.2 | | Si | 0.15–0.35 | | Mn | 0.5–0.8 | | P | 0.035 | | S | 0.035 | | Cr | 0.9–1.2 | | Mo | 0.2–0.3 | | 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 | 0,13-0,20 | 0.130 | 0.200 | Range | | Si | 0,15-0,35 | 0.150 | 0.350 | Range | | P | 0,035 | 0.035 | 0.035 | Exact | | S | 0,035 | 0.035 | 0.035 | Exact | | Cr | 0,90-1,20 | 0.900 | 1.200 | Range | | Mn | 0,50-0,80 | 0.500 | 0.800 | Range | | Ni | 0,4 | 0.400 | 0.400 | Exact | | Mo | 0,20-0,30 | 0.200 | 0.300 | 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 computed from composition · °C Predicted Ae3 814 °C Predicted Ae1 742 °C Predicted Acm 465 °C Predicted Bs 538 °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. ## Similar grades — and why Selection rule, stated so you can disagree with it: same number class 1.7, a shared category, and a published range for Cr / Mn 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. [24CrMo5 1.7258 Cr 0,90-1,20 · Mn 0,50-0,80 - ΔCr 0.00 - ΔMn 0.00 - 1 designations](/materials/din-en/24crmo5 "24CrMo5")[16CrMo4-4 1.7337 Cr 0,90-1,20 · Mn 0,50-0,80 - ΔCr 0.00 - ΔMn 0.00 - 15 designations](/materials/din-en/16crmo4-4 "16CrMo4-4")[22CrMo4-4 1.7350 Cr 0,90-1,20 · Mn 0,50-0,80 - ΔCr 0.00 - ΔMn 0.00 - 3 designations](/materials/din-en/22crmo4-4 "22CrMo4-4")[40CrMoV4-6 1.7711 Cr 0,90-1,20 · Mn 0,45-0,85 - ΔCr 0.00 - ΔMn 0.00 - 8 designations](/materials/din-en/40crmov4-6 "40CrMoV4-6")[1.7335 1.7335 Cr 0,70-1,15 · Mn 0,40-1,00 - ΔCr 0.13 - ΔMn 0.05 - 101 designations](/materials/material-no/1.7335 "1.7335")[13CrMoSi5-5 1.7336 Cr 1,00-1,50 · Mn 0,40-0,65 - ΔCr 0.20 - ΔMn 0.13 - 12 designations](/materials/din-en/13crmosi5-5 "13CrMoSi5-5") ## 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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