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C 40

UNI EN 10083-2 — Steels for quenching and tempering. Technical delivery conditions for non alloy steels

Chemical composition

wt% · log scale
0.010.1110C0.37 – 0.44Cr0.4Cr+Mo+Ni0.63Mn0.5 – 0.8Mo0.1Ni0.4P0.045S0.045Si0.4
  • min – max range
  • typical value

Mechanical properties

value range by condition
Yield strength Rp0.2260.00Tensile strength Rm530.00Elongation A17.00bars, open die forgings and die forgings +N, 100 < d <= 250 mm, flatsYield strength Rp0.2290.00Tensile strength Rm550.00Elongation A17.00bars, open die forgings and die forgings +N, 16 < d <= 100 mm, flatsYield strength Rp0.2320.00Tensile strength Rm580.00Elongation A16.00bars, open die forgings and die forgings +N, d <= 16 mm or t <= 16 mm, flatsYield strength Rp0.2t - 厚度)Tensile strength Rmt - 厚度)Elongation At - 厚度)Reduction of area Zt - 厚度)bars, open die forgings and die forgings +QT, 16 < d < 40 mm or 8 < t <= 20 mm

Chemical composition

ElementminmaxSimilarRemarks
C0.370.44
Cr0.4
Cr+Mo+Ni0.63Restriction in the carbon range to 0.05% and/or the total sum of the elements CrRestriction in the carbon range to 0.05% and/or the total sum of the elements Cr
Mn0.50.8
Mo0.1
Ni0.4
P0.045
S0.045Steels with improved machinability as a result of the addition of lead or higher S contents up to around 0.1%Steels with improved machinability as a result of the addition of lead or higher S contents up to around 0.1%
Si0.4

Mechanical properties

Heat treatment / conditionYield strengthTensile strengthElongationReduction of areaImpact energyHardness
bars, open die forgings and die forgings +N, 100 < d <= 250 mm, flats260.00530.0017.00
bars, open die forgings and die forgings +N, 16 < d <= 100 mm, flats290.00550.0017.00
bars, open die forgings and die forgings +N, d <= 16 mm or t <= 16 mm, flats320.00580.0016.00
bars, open die forgings and die forgings +QT, 16 < d < 40 mm or 8 < t <= 20 mmt - 厚度)t - 厚度)t - 厚度)t - 厚度)
bars, open die forgings and die forgings +QT, 40 < d < 100 mm or 20 < t <= 60 mmt - 厚度)t - 厚度)t - 厚度)t - 厚度)
bars, open die forgings and die forgings +QT, d <= 16 mm or t <= 8 mmt - 厚度)t - 厚度)t - 厚度)t - 厚度)

Heat treatment

Type1
Heat-treatment curveHardness-Tempering