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28,825 designations · 6,600 grades

# Steel material search

Search every grade by designation, material number, standard, category or chemical composition — and see every equivalent designation for each grade, in the result row.

- **6600** materials
- **28825** designations
- **47896** composition values
- **41** Standards
- **49** Category

  Designation, material number or name  Search [Reset](/search)

Matches across every stored designation, so any alias finds the grade.

  Standard 42

Counts are against the current filter set. Zero-count options are disabled — a visible dead end, not a trap.

- DIN / EN*Europe* 3213
- JIS*Japan* 1715
- GOST*Russia / CIS* 1244
- UNS*United States* 1115
- GB*China* 992
- AISI / SAE*United States* 798
- KS*South Korea* 764
- AFNOR*France* 599
- BS*United Kingdom* 550
- ČSN*Czechia* 451
- PN*Poland* 380
- ASTM*United States* 355
- UNI*Italy* 332
- ISO*International* 327
- UNE*Spain* 287
- SS*Sweden* 245
- SRPS*Serbia* 178
- STN*Slovakia* 178
- SAE AMS*United States / Aerospace* 176
- MSZ*Hungary* 156
- STAS*Romania* 142
- BDS*Bulgaria* 142
- ÖNORM*Austria* 114
- IS*India* 111
- NBN*Belgium* 75
- AS / NZS*Australia / New Zealand* 73
- COPANT*Latin America* 62
- ABNT NBR*Brazil* 54
- SFS*Finland* 47
- CSA*Canada* 27
- JUS*former Yugoslavia* 24
- NS*Norway* 19
- HRN*Croatia* 17
- SNV*Switzerland* 15
- SANS*South Africa* 13
- NEN*Netherlands* 12
- NP*Portugal* 8
- MKE*Türkiye* 8
- NMX*Mexico* 7
- CNS*Taiwan* 6
- NCh*Chile* 2
- Werkstoffnummer*Europe* 0

Category 49

Counts are against the current filter set. Zero-count options are disabled — a visible dead end, not a trap.

- Others 1754
- Stainless steels 468
- Unalloyed structural steels 452
- Cold extrusion steels 156
- Quenched and tempered steels 133
- High-strength steels 128
- Tool steels for cold work 109
- Cast stainless steels 87
- Nickel and cobalt alloys 87
- Heat-resistant cast steels 82
- Cast iron 73
- Heat resistant steels 64
- Heat-resistant structural steels 62
- Case hardening steels 60
- High-speed steels 59
- Cast steel 59
- Low-temperature structural steels 55
- Spring steels 52
- Fine-grain structural steels 50
- Free cutting steels 49
- High-temperature steels 40
- Special steels for aviation and aerospace 39
- Tool steels for hot work 37
- Unalloyed tool steels / carbon steels 35
- Non-magnetic steels 31
- Fine-grain steels for cold forming 27
- Weathering steels 27
- Sheet metal and slit strip 26
- Higher strength steels 20
- Bearing steels 17
- Controlled-expansion nickel-iron alloys 15
- Valve steels 14
- Steels for surface hardening 13
- High-temperature steels / aviation variant 12
- Nitriding steels 11
- Resistance heating alloys 9
- Special steels for defense technology 8
- Hydrogen resistant steels 8
- Microalloyed steels 5
- High-strength multi-phase steels 5
- Phosphorus alloyed steels 4
- Bake hardening steels 4
- Dual phase steels 4
- Low-temperature steels 4
- Complex phase steels 3
- Aging resistant steels 2
- Unalloyed bearing steels 1
- Precipitation hardening steels 1
- Boron-alloyed case hardening steels 1

  Composition

Mass % ranges, AND-combined. A grade matches when its specified range overlaps yours. The grey figure is how many grades state that element at all.

 El. Min  Max

  C 5739   –

  Si 5523   –

  Mn 5645   –

  P 5576   –

  S 5605   –

  Cr 4327   –

  Ni 3556   –

  Mo 2729   –

  V 1346   –

  N 1076   –

  Cu 2078   –

  Ti 858   –

  Nb 812   –

  Al 1158   –

 Number class 16

Leading group of the DIN EN 10027-2 material number. The grey figure is the class size across the whole catalogue.

- 1.0x*698* 698
- 1.4x*565* 565
- 1.8x*323* 323
- 1.1x*237* 237
- 1.2x*226* 226
- 1.7x*205* 205
- 2.4x*202* 202
- 1.3x*192* 192
- 1.6x*167* 167
- 1.9x*159* 159
- 1.5x*156* 156
- 9.0x*19* 19
- 5.5x*11* 11
- 0.6x*6* 6
- 0.7x*4* 4
- 0.9x*1* 1

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### Most cross-referenced grades

- [1.8159 · 51CrV4*73*](/materials/material-no/1.8159 "1.8159")
- [1.0038 · S235JR*152*](/materials/material-no/1.0038 "1.0038")
- [1.4006 · X12Cr13*145*](/materials/material-no/1.4006 "1.4006")
- [1.0044 · S275JR*130*](/materials/material-no/1.0044 "1.0044")
- [1.4541 · X6CrNiTi18-10*175*](/materials/material-no/1.4541 "1.4541")
- [1.4404 · X2CrNiMo17-12-2*147*](/materials/material-no/1.4404 "1.4404")
- [1.7218 · 25CrMo4*111*](/materials/material-no/1.7218 "1.7218")
- [1.7225 · 42CrMo4*95*](/materials/material-no/1.7225 "1.7225")
- [1.0601 · C60*92*](/materials/material-no/1.0601 "1.0601")

### Browse by standard

- [DIN / EN*4704*](/materials/din-en "DIN / EN")
- [GOST*3544*](/materials/gost "GOST")
- [ASTM*2441*](/materials/astm "ASTM")
- [JIS*2322*](/materials/jis "JIS")
- [AISI / SAE*2156*](/materials/aisi-sae "AISI / SAE")
- [UNS*2038*](/materials/uns "UNS")
- [BS*1547*](/materials/bs "BS")
- [AFNOR*1469*](/materials/afnor "AFNOR")

### Largest categories

- [Others*1754*](/categories/others "Others")
- [Stainless steels*468*](/categories/stainless-steels "Stainless steels")
- [Unalloyed structural steels*452*](/categories/unalloyed-structural-steels "Unalloyed structural steels")
- [Cold extrusion steels*156*](/categories/cold-extrusion-steels "Cold extrusion steels")
- [Quenched and tempered steels*133*](/categories/quenched-and-tempered-steels "Quenched and tempered steels")
- [High-strength steels*128*](/categories/high-strength-steels "High-strength steels")
- [Tool steels for cold work*109*](/categories/tool-steels-for-cold-work "Tool steels for cold work")
- [Cast stainless steels*87*](/categories/cast-stainless-steels "Cast stainless steels")
