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Free-Cutting Carbon Steel Specs

This document provides a material specification for free-cutting carbon steel. It specifies the chemistry requirements, including a maximum carbon content of 0.20%, and lists several steel grades that meet the specification, such as SAE 1213 and SAE 12L14. The specification also notes equivalent standards from various countries that can be used as alternates, including specifications from England, India, Germany, Australia, and Sweden.

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Free-Cutting Carbon Steel Specs

This document provides a material specification for free-cutting carbon steel. It specifies the chemistry requirements, including a maximum carbon content of 0.20%, and lists several steel grades that meet the specification, such as SAE 1213 and SAE 12L14. The specification also notes equivalent standards from various countries that can be used as alternates, including specifications from England, India, Germany, Australia, and Sweden.

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Material Specification

2135 West Maple Road


Specification: B11
Troy, MI 48084-7186 Revision Date: 3/5/2006

FREE-CUTTING CARBON STEEL

1. General Specification: Material Specification B1


excluding grain size requirement.

2. Scope: This specification covers free machining


material with 0.20% carbon maximum which may be
used in the manufacture of various small parts by screw
machine or similar method.

3. Chemistry: In general any of the standard available


free-machining SAE Grades with the following range of
composition may be used:

Carbon -------------------- .20% Max


Manganese ----------------- .30-1.60%
Phosphorus ---------------- .04-.12%
Sulphur ------------------- .08-.35%
Lead -( only in L series ) .15-.35%

4. Some steels which fall into this specification are:


SAE 1213, SAE 12L13, SAE 12L14, SAE 1215, SAE 1117.

5. The following steels, while not necessarily exact


equivalents of this base specification, can be used as
alternates.

Free-cutting carbon steel

England India Germany Australia Sweden


B.S. 970-1 I.S. 226 DIN 1651 AS 1442 SS1912-00
220M07 9SMn28 (1.0715) XS 1112
230M07 9SMnPb28 (1.0718) XS 11L12
9SMn36 XCS 1114
CS 11L14
XS 1115

RA-4904-A-284

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Material Specification
2135 West Maple Road
Specification: B11
Troy, MI 48084-7186 Revision Date: 3/5/2006

Date Change
3/5/2006 Level G Added DIN equivalent 9SMn36.
Request 25869-1
2/15/2004 Level F Added Swedish equivalent.
Request 23907-1
6/15/97 Added exception to B1
Level E
9/15/96 Revised - added India Standard 226
Level D
11/15/95 Del DIN No. 1.0711, Deleted chemistries
Level C pg. 2
4/15/93 Carbon was 0.08-0.20, added SAE 1215
Level B
8/15/92 Deleted SAE 1112, 1113 and added SAE
Level A 1213
4/15/92 Section 3: only in L

Approved By: D. Donegan


Chief Engineer - Materials Engineering

RA-4904-A-284

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