MS No.

: /009
Material Specification
Rev. No.: 00
Date: 01.01.2020
Grade – AISI 4140, 105K

1.0 Melting Practice :

The steel shall be melted to a fine grain practice using one of the following
Practice --
A. Basic Oxygen Furnace followed by Ladle Refining and Vacuum
Degassing

B. Electric Furnace or Electric Arc Furnace followed by Ladle Refining and

Vacuum Degassing.

2.0 Chemical Composition :

Material / Part shall have following chemical composition and shall be determined per
heat as per the standard methods as specified in accordance with ASTM A 751.
Product analysis is mandatory.

Element Min (%) Max (%) Element Min (%) Max (%)
Carbon 0.38 0.43 Molybdenum 0.15 0.25
Silicon 0.15 0.35 Copper -- 0.35
Manganese 0.75 1.00 Vanadium -- 0.05
Sulfur -- 0.040 Oxygen - 20 ppm
Phosphorous -- 0.035 Nitrogen - 100 ppm
Chromium 0.80 1.10 Hydrogen - 2 ppm
Nickel -- 0.25

Note: Elements (other than those used for grain refinement/de oxidation) not Specified
shall not be intentionally added. The total amount of residual elements shall not
exceed 1.00%.The intentional addition of Boron is prohibited.

3.0 Hot Work Practice:

The material (rolled or forged bars, Forgings) shall be hot worked to produce a
wrought structure throughout the entire cross – section and shall conform to
Pressure Vessel Quality steel. The minimum reduction during hot work shall be
4: 1.

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Material Specification
Rev. No.: 00
Date: 01.01.2020
Grade – AISI 4140, 105K

4.0 Heat Treatment:

4.1 Equipment: Heat treatment shall be carried out in furnace that have been
calibrated to API 6 A Annexure M.

4.2 Furnace Loading: Parts shall be loaded such that the presence of one part does
not adversely affect the heat treat response of another part in
the same load.

4.3 Hardening: Shall be carried out at 1550 – 1625 ° F (843 – 885 °C, Oil Or Polymer
Quench according size and integrity of part. Furnace cycle Time
shall be ½ hour per inch of heaviest cross section minimum.

4.4 Tempering: Shall be carried out at 950 – 1300 ° F (510 – 704 °C),
Furnace Cycle time shall be 1 hour per inch of heaviest cross section
Minimum. Air Cool 0r faster.

Note: 1) The temperature range of the quenching media shall meet the manufacturer’s
written specification.
2) Transfer time from furnace to the quench tank should be as quick as possible but not
more than 60 second.
3) Tempering should be carried out immediately after quenching. , within 24 Hrs in
furnace with provision of circulating fan.
4) The above time and temperatures are to be determined by furnace atmosphere
thermocouples (Method A).

5.0 Hardness (HBW):

Parts shall have a Brinell hardness of 262-321 HBW, after Hardening & Tempering
and shall be checked with Brinell Indention Method as per ASTM E10.

6.0 Mechanical Properties:

Mechanical properties shall be determined by testing material taken from a

QTC. The QTC may be a sacrificial production forging, a separately forged

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Material Specification
Rev. No.: 00
Date: 01.01.2020
Grade – AISI 4140, 105K

test bar (60 Dia minimum) or a full cross –section prolongation. One QTC
shall qualify all the forgings from the same heat as the QTC provided that
both the QTC and the production forgings have been heat treated in
accordance with section 4.0 and shall meet the hardness requirement of
section 5.0. The QTC shall receive no more hot work than the forging(s) it
presents. The melting practice and alloying additions of QTC shall be
identical to those of forgings it represents.

One tensile and one set of impact test specimens are required. The tensile
and impact test specimens shall be full size and tested in accordance with the
latest version of ASTM A 370. The test specimens shall be taken from ¼ T
from the nearest heat treated surface, where T is the dimension of the
heaviest cross section of the QTC.

Following Mechanical properties shall meet on test Specimen in Hardened &

Tempered Condition ----

Mechanical Properties Minimum

Tensile strength, psi (MPa) 120,000 (827)

Yield strength, 0.2% Offset psi (MPa) 105,000-120,000 (724-827)

Elongation, % (2”) 16

Reduction of Area, %. 35

Impact @ - 29 °C - Longitudinal 27 J Average , 20J Single Value

7.0 Ultrasonic Test and Surface Condition:

All the forgings or forged/rolled bars should be ultrasonically tested both axially
and radically and should not contain any harmful defects like porosity,
shrinkage, cavities, pipes, inclusions, flakes or excessive Segregation. Any
indication with a defect echo of more than 4 mm flat bottom hold equivalent on
DGS/DAC (distance, gain, and amplitude scale) would be the cause of rejection.

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Material Specification
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Date: 01.01.2020
Grade – AISI 4140, 105K

The impulse-echo method is to be used for ultrasonic testing with normally

beam probe of 2MHz and 4MHz frequency.

8.0 Identification:

Material (bar /billet /bloom / forgings ) shall be identified with material grade,
heat number duly punched / paint / sticked.

9.0 Documentation:

Material test certificate should have minimum following information supplied

along with consignment ---

A. PMR Purchase Order Number

B. PMR Part Description
C. Chemical Composition
D. Melting Practice
E. Hot work ratio
F. Heat Treatment condition and HT Graph
G. Mechanical Properties
H. Ultrasonic test
I. Size / Section
J. Heat Number / HT Lot No
K. Statement of no welding performed
L. Certification of freedom from Radioactivity and Mercury

Prepared By: Approved By:

General Manager – Quality Director of Operations

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