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STAS · Romania · 78 designations

20MnCr12

20MnCr12 is a designation in STAS for the material held under material number 1.7131, also listed as 16MnCr5. It is a material in the category Case hardening steels. We list 78 designations recorded for this grade, in the standards DIN / EN, UNS, AISI / SAE, ASTM, BS, AFNOR, UNE, ISO, JIS, GB, GOST, UNI, SS, ČSN, STN, PN, COPANT, SRPS, MSZ, STAS, AS / NZS, BDS, NBN, SFS and KS.

If you came for one of these

The most-used names for this grade.

About Case hardening steels

Case hardening steels are steels designed to develop a hard, wear-resistant surface while retaining a tough and ductile core. They are used for components such as gears, shafts and other machine parts exposed to contact wear and cyclic loading.

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

Also known as

78 designations · 25 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Withdrawndesignation no longer current — a separate column from the two above, so a name can be same grade and withdrawn at once.
ASTMUnited States · 1
STNSlovakia · 1
COPANTLatin America · 1
SRPSSerbia · 1
AS / NZSAustralia / New Zealand · 2
NBNBelgium · 1
SFSFinland · 1
KSSouth Korea · 1

Every designation on file is listed — no truncation, no “+ n more”. Each one is itself a route that leads back here.

Chemical composition

6 elements on file · weight %

What this alloy is

Iron — the balance, never listed by a standard — 97.3 %Mn — 1.2 %Cr — 1 %Si — 0.4 %Traces & impurities · 0.2 %

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

Element% by weight
0.14–0.19
≤ 0.4
1–1.3
0.025
0.035
0.8–1.1
CarbonSiliconManganesePhosphorusSulfurChromium
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
C0,14-0,190.1400.190Range
Si≤0,400.400Max
P0,0250.0250.025Exact
S0,0350.0350.035Exact
Cr0,80-1,100.8001.100Range
Mn1,00-1,301.0001.300Range

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, Mo.

Physical & mechanical properties

Density7,76g/cm³Exact
Transformation point Ac1740°CExact
Transformation point Ac3825°CExact · Ac3(Acm)
Transformation point Ar3730°CExact · Ar3(Arcm)
Transformation point Ar1650°CExact
Weldabilityreadily weldableAs published: without limitations.
Flake sensitivitynot susceptibleAs published: not predisposed
Temper brittlenessslightly susceptibleAs published: weakly 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

9 conditions · 57 values
By dimensionQuenching 850°C, oil, Drawing 200°C, airsource splav
DimensionmmRmN/mm²ReN/mm²A5%Z%KCUkJ/m²
5152013201250720
2098073015551130
By delivery stateno delivery state statedsource splav
Delivery stateHB
(annealing) , GOST 4543-71217
(cold-worked) , GOST 4543-71229
By delivery stateSoft annealedsource steelnumber
Delivery stateHBHRBHV
Soft annealed20784170
By delivery stateTreated to hardness rangesource steelnumber
Delivery stateHB
Treated to hardness range156 – 207
By delivery stateTreated to ferrite-pearlite structure and hardness rangesource steelnumber
Delivery stateHB
Treated to ferrite-pearlite structure and hardness range140 – 187
By delivery stateNormalizedsource steelnumber
Delivery stateHB
Normalized138 – 187
By heat-treated conditionno delivery state statedsource splav
Heat-treated conditionRmN/mm²ReN/mm²A5%Z%KCUkJ/m²
Bar, GOST 4543-71980885950780
At temperatureno delivery state statedsource splav
Temperature°CDensityg/cm³Elastic modulusGPaThermal expansion coefficient10^-6/KThermal conductivityW/(m·K)Specific heat capacityJ/(kg·K)
207.821137
1002051038495
20019711.538508
30019112.337525
40017612.835537
50016813.334567
60015513.631588
70013630626
80012929705
At temperatureno delivery state statedsource steelnumber
Temperature°CRmN/mm²
2001000

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.

Heat treatment

Supply condition

  • Quenching and Temperingd=15
  • Carburizing

Conditions the standard permits on delivery. No temperature or medium is published for these, so no order and no alternation is implied.

Source: www.caishuku.com

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 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.

Looking for this grade under another name?

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