1.8709
1.8709 is the material number of the grade also listed as 16CrMo5-2. It is a material in the category High-strength steels. We list 1 designations recorded for this grade, in the standards DIN / EN.
- Material no. 1.8709
- Category High-strength steels · 128 grades
- Designations 1
If you came for one of these
The most-used names for this grade.About High-strength steels
High-strength steels are steels designed to carry high loads while resisting deformation. They are used for load-bearing structures, vehicles and machinery where strength, durability and reduced material weight are important.
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 hiddenEvery 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
Logarithmic scale, 0.01 % to 100 % — every value here compares directly, decade by decade.
| Element | % by weight |
|---|---|
≤ 0.2 | |
0.3–0.6 | |
≤ 1.6 | |
0.015 | |
0.005 | |
1–1.6 | |
0.15–0.3 | |
1.2 |
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 publishedsource text, verbatim | Min% by weight | Max% by weight | Bound |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C | ≤0,20 | — | 0.200 | Max |
| Si | 0,30-0,60 | 0.300 | 0.600 | Range |
| P | 0,015 | 0.015 | 0.015 | Exact |
| S | 0,005 | 0.005 | 0.005 | Exact |
| Cr | 1,00-1,60 | 1.000 | 1.600 | Range |
| Mn | ≤1,60 | — | 1.600 | Max |
| Ni | 1,2 | 1.200 | 1.200 | Exact |
| Mo | 0,15-0,30 | 0.150 | 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 · °CThese 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
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 1.8, a shared category, and a published range for Cr / Ni 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.
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