Quality 16NiCr4 Technical card

According to standard EN 10084: 2008 Lucefin Group

Number 1.5714
Chemical composition
C% Si% Mn% P% S% Ni% Cr%
max max max
0,13-0,19 0,40 0,70-1,00 0,025 0,035 0,80-1,10 0,60-1,00 Product deviations are
± 0.02 + 0.03 ± 0.04 + 0.005 + 0.005 ± 0.05 ± 0.05 allowed
On request, this steel grade may be supplied with addition of lead (Pb) 0.15-0.35%
16NiCrS4 n° 1.5715 sulphur (S) 0.020-0.040%
It can be also supplied calcium (Ca) treated
Copper (Cu) max 0.40%
Temperature °C
Hot-forming Normalizing Core hardening Carbonitriding Carburizing Hardening Tempering
carburizing surf.
1150-900 870 840 -880 750-930 870-950 810-840 150
air oil-polymer gas oil-polymer 200
salt bath salt bath
Soft annealing Isothermal Spheroidizing End quench Pre-heating welding Stress-relieving
annealing hardenability after welding
test welding must be carried out on the annealed state
and before carburizing
700 860 furnace 870 250 550 furnace cooling
air cooling to water AC1 AC3 MS * core
650, then air ** carburizing surface
(HB max 217) (HB 166-217) (HB 156-207) 735 825 380* 180**

Mechanical and physical properties

Hot-rolled values obtained on test blanks after core hardening + stress-relieving UNI 7846: 1978. Use only as 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 1080-1470 835 9 30 327-417
30 830-1130 590 10 32.5 249-339 for information only
Table of tempering values obtained at room temperature on rounds of Ø 10 mm after quenching oil at 850 °C
HB 400 395 395 395 390 381 371 353 336 301 271 240 224 210
HRC 43 42.5 42.5 42.5 42 41 40 38 36 32 28 22.5
R N/mm2 1380 1370 1370 1360 1340 1310 1250 1180 1100 1010 900 800 730 690
Rp 0.2 N/mm2 1020 1070 1100 1200 1200 1100 1070 1020 940 850 770 690 620 520
A % 13.0 13.0 13.2 13.2 13.4 13.6 13.8 14.2 15.5 17.0 19.2 22.0 24.0 25.0
C % 55 58 59 60 62 63 63 63 64 65 67 70 73 74
Kv J 66 66 66 64 64 46 45 46 75 110 135 170 196
HRC carburized 64 63 62 60 59 57
layer
Tempering at °C 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700
16NiCrS4 1.5715 EN 10277-4: 2008 Lucefin Group
size Soft annealing +A +SH Soft annealing +A +C Heat treatment for Heat treatment for
mm Peeled-reeled, Cold-drawn pearlite / ferrite +FP +SH pearlite / ferrite +FP +C
ground +SL Peeled-reeled, ground Cold-drawn
from to HB max HB max HB HB
5 a) 10 270
10 16 260
16 40 217 255 156-207 156-245
40 63 217 255 156-207 156-240
63 100 217 255 156-207 156-240
a) for thickness < 5 mm, mechanical properties should be agreed before order placement

Forged UNI 8550: 1984. Use only as reference

size Testing at room temperature
mm R Rp 0.2 A% L A% T A% Q Kcu L Kcu T Kv L HB
from to N/mm2 N/mm2 min min min min J min J min J min for inform.
11 1080-1470 835 9 30 327-417
11 25 880-1195 640 10 32.5 263-356
25 40 785-1080 590 10 32.5 234-327
40 60 735-980 540 11 32.5 224-295
Mechanical properties obtained on test blanks after core hardening + stress-relieving
L = longitudinal T = tangential Q = radial
EN 10084: 2008 Jominy test HRC grain size 5 min.
mm distance from quenched extremity
1.5 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 H
min 39 36 33 29 27 25 23 22 20 normal
max 47 46 44 42 40 38 36 34 32 30 29 28 28
Temperature Mod. of elasticity GPa Thermal expansion
Testing at °C E long. G tang. 10-6 ● K-1
20 210 80
100 11.1
200 12.1
300 12.9
400 13.5
500 14.1
600
Specific heat capacity Density Thermal conductivity Specific electric resist. Electrical conductivity
J/(Kg●K) Kg/dm3 W/(m●K) Ohm●mm2/m Siemens●m/mm2
460 7.85 38 0.18 5.56
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