Quality

16MnCr5

According to standards
Number

EN 10084: 2008
1.7131

Lucefin Group

Chemical composition
C%

Si%
Mn%
P%
S%
max
max
max
0,14-0,19
0,40
1,00-1,30
0,025
0,035
0.02
+ 0.03
0.05
+ 0.005
+ 0.005
16MnCrS5 n 1.7139 S% 0.020-0.040 permissible deviation on the product 0.005%
By agreement this steel can be supplied with the addition of lead (Pb) 0.15-0.35%
Calcium (Ca) treatment may be supplied on request

Cr%
0,80-1,10
0.05

Permissible deviations
on the product

Temperature C
Hot forming

Normalizing

1150-850

880
air
(HB 138-187)
Isothermal
annealing
870 furnace
cooling to
650 after, air

Core
hardening
860-900
oil-polymer
salt bath
Spheroidizing

Carbonitriding

Carburizing

Hardening
Tempering
carburizing surf.
900-950
810-840 oil
150
polymer salt
200
bath (160-250 C)
Preheating
Stress relieving
welding
after welding
welding must be made on the annealing and before
the carburizing
150-350
600 furnace cooling
AC1
AC3
MS * core
** carburizing surface
740
840
400* 200**
As-rolled
Stress relieving
--600-620
(HB max 230)

750-930
gas

Soft
End quench
annealing
hardenability
750-770 slowly
730-750 furnace
870
15 C/h
cooling 50 C/h to
water
until 680 pause
680 pause,
after slowly to 400
cooling to 400
pause, after air
after air
(HB max 207)
(HB 156-207)
(HB 140-187)
Transformation annealing +FP
950-1000 quick cooling to 630-650 holding abaut 3 h, after air
(HB 140-187)

Mechanical and physical properties

Hot rolled properties obtained from test blanks after core hardening + stress relieving UNI 7846: 1978 Only reference.
size
Testing at room temperature (longitudinal)
mm
R
Rp 0.2
A%
C%
Kcu
HB
test blanks
N/mm2
N/mm2 min.
min.
min.
J min.
11
1030-1370
735
8
-25
311-394
30
740-1030
490
9
-25
224-311
for information
63
640-930
440
10
-25
198-278
for information
Hot rolled condition untreated Lucefin esperience
size
R
Rp 0.2
mm
N/mm2
N/mm2 min.
over 10 to 100 560-720
350
Table of tempering
HB
HRC
R
N/mm2
Rp 0.2 N/mm2
A
%
C
%
Kv
J
HRC carburizing
surface
Tempering at C

A%
min.
15

C%
min.
25

Kcu
J min.
--

HB
max
207

values
390
42
1340
1020
12.0
52.0
42
64

at room temperature for round 10 mm after quenching at 870 C in oil

385
385
385
385
381
376
362
348
319
41.5 41.5 41.5 41.5 41
40.5 39
37.5 34
1335 1330 1330 1320 1300 1260 1210 1150 1050
1060 1110 1140 1145 1140 1110 1070 1010 930
12.5 12.5 12.5 12.0 12.0 12.5 13.0 14.0 15.5
52.0 53.0 54.0 55.0 57.0 59.0 61.0 63.0 64.0
46
46
45
42
40
42
62
90
124
63
62
60.5 59
57
-----

286
30
950
830
17.5
68.0
135
--

240
22.5
800
710
20.0
72.0
155
--

213
-700
620
23.0
75.0
180
--

200
-650
560
25.5
-194
--

50

100

550

600

650

700

150

200

250

300

350

400

450

500

Lucefin Group

16MnCrS5 1.7139 EN 10277-4: 2008

size
mm

Soft annealing +A +SH

Soft annealing
Heat treatment +FP +SH
Peeled Reeled,
+A +C
for pearlite / ferrite structure
Ground +SL
Cold drawn
Peeled Reeled, Ground
over
to
HB max
HB max
HB
a)
5
10
-260
-10
16
-250
-16
40
207
245
140-187
40
63
207
240
140-187
63
100
207
240
140-187
a) for thickness below 5 mm, hardness test, can be agreed before order placement
Forged UNI 8550: 1984 Only reference.
size
Testing at room temperature
mm
R
Rp 0.2
A% L
A% T
A% Q
over
to
N/mm2
N/mm2 min
min
min
min
11
1030-1375
735
8
--11
25
785-1080
540
9
--25
50
685-930
490
10
--mechanical properties obtained from test blanks after core hardening + stress relieving
L = longitudinal T = tangential Q = radial

Kcu L
J min
25
30
30

Heat treatment +FP +C

for pearlite / ferrite structure
Cold drawn
HB
--140-240
140-235
140-235

Kcu T
J min
----

Kv L
J min
----

HB
for inform.
311-395
234-327
209-278

EN 10084: 2008 Jominy test HRC grain size G 5 min.

distance in mm from quenched end
min
max

1.5

11

13

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

39
47

36
46

31
44

28
41

24
39

21
37

-35

-33

-31

-30

-29

-28

-27

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Temperature
Testing at C
20
100
200
300
400
500
600

Mod. of elasticity N/mm2

E long.
G tang.
210000
80000
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Specific heat capacity

J/(KgK)
460
EUROPE EN
16MnCr5

ITALY UNI
16MnCr5

Density
Kg/dm3
7.85

Rp 0.2 N/mm2
< 250 mm

250-500

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Thermal conductivity
W/(mK)
41
CHINA
15CrMn

GERMANY DIN
16MnCr5

----

H
normal

Thermal expansion
[(m/mK) 10-6 C-1 ]
-11.1
12.1
12.9
13.5
13.9
-Specific electric resist.
Ohmmm2/m
0.16
FRANCE AFNOR
16MC

U.K. B.S.
--

Conductivity
Siemensm/mm2
6.25
RUSSIA
16HG

USA AISI/SAE
5115