Quality

20CrNiMo

According to standards
Number

prEN 10084: 2006

1.6523

Technical card
Trafilix
Lucefin Group

Chemical composition
C%

Si%
Mn%
P%
S%
Cr%
Mo%
max
max
max
0,17-0,23
0,40
0,65-0,95
0,025
0,035
0,35-0,70 0,15-0,25
0.02
+ 0.03
0.04
+ 0.005 + 0.005
0.05
0.03
20NiCrMoS2-2 n 1.6526 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%

Ni%
0,40-0,70
0.05

Permissible deviations
on the product

Temperature C
Hot forming

Normalizing

1100-900

860-880
air

Soft
annealing

Isothermal
annealing

700
air

850 furnace
cooling to
650 after, air
(HB 161-212)

(HB max 212)

Core
hardening
850-880
oil-polymer
salt bath
Annealing
+FP

Carbonitriding

950-1000
quick cooling

870
water

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End quench
hardenability
test

(HB 149-194)

Carburizing

Hardening
Tempering
carburizing surf.
150-180
800-830
150
oil-polymer
200
salt bath
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
735
820
380* 200**

Mechanical and physical properties

Hot rolled mechanical properties obtained from test blanks after core hardening + stress relieving UNI 7846: 1978 (20NiCrMo2)
dimension
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
1180-1570
930
7
-27.5
354-438
30
830-1130
590
10
-30
249-339
for information
63
690-980
490
11
-30
210-295
for information
Table of tempering
HB
HRC
R
N/mm2
Rp 0.2 N/mm2
A
%
C
%
Kv
J
HRC

values
415
44.5
1440
1060
11.2
51
46
64

carburizing surface
Tempering at C 50

at room temperature for round 10 mm after quenching oil at 860C

409
409
404
390
385
376
357
344
319
44
44
43.5 42
41.5 40.5 38.5 37
34
1430 1425 1410 1340 1335 1270 1200 1140 1050
1110 1160 1180 1180 1170 1135 1080 1025 950
11.8 12.0 12.0 11.8 11.2 11.4 12.0 13.5 15.2
52
53
54
55
56
60
61
62
63
46
46
46
45
46
64
62
86
100
63.5 62
60.5 59
57.5 -----

294
31
975
870
17.0
65
126
--

264
27
885
785
19.0
67
146
--

240
22.5
800
700
22.0
72
170
--

213
-700
600
24.5
74
194
--

100

550

600

650

700

150

Effective depth of case- hardened layer

Depth
mm 0.25
HRC
-Time of case-hardening h. 1

200
0.30
-2

250

300
0.40
-3

350

400

450
0.50
50
4

500

0.60
-6

0.65
-8

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Heat treatment for
pearlite / ferrite +FP +C
Cold drawn
HB
--149-240
149-235
149-235

20NiCrMoS2-2 1.6526 prEN 10277-4 : 2007

dimension
mm

Soft annealing +A +SH

Soft annealing +A +C
Heat treatment for
Peeled Reeled,
Cold drawn
pearlite / ferrite +FP +SH
Ground +SL
Peeled Reeled, Ground
over
to
HB max
HB max
HB
5 a)
10
-270
-10
16
-260
-16
40
212
255
149-194
40
63
212
255
149-194
63
100
212
255
149-194
a) for thickness below 5 mm mechanical properties can be agreed befor order placement
Forged UNI 8550: 1984 (20NiCrMo2)
dimension
Testing at room temperature (longitudinal)
mm
R
Rp 0.2
A% L
A% T
A% Q
over
to
N/mm2
N/mm2 min
min
min
min
11
1175-1570
930
9
--11
25
885-1225
640
10
--25
40
785-1080
590
10
--40
60
685-980
490
11
--mechanical properties obtained from test blanks after core hardening + stress relieving
L = longitudinal T = tangential Q = radial

Kcu L
J min
27.5
30
30
32

Kcu T
J min
-----

Kv L
J min
-----

HB
352-438
265-361
234-327
209-295

prEN 10084: 2006 Jominy test HRC (grain size G 5 min. according to UNI 3245)
distance in mm from quenched end
min
max

1.5

11

13

15

20

25

30

35

40

45

50

41
49

37
48

31
45

25
42

22
36

20
33

-31

-30

-27

-25

-24

-24

-23

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Temperature
Testing at C
20
EUROPE EN
20NiCrMo2-2

Mod. of elasticity N/mm2

E long.
G tang.
210000
80000
ITALY UNI
20NiCrMo2

CHINA
20CrNiMo

Rp 0.2 N/mm2
< 250 mm

250-500

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-GERMANY DIN
21NiCrMo2

Thermal expansion
[(m/mK) 10-6 C-1 ]
-FRANCE AFNOR
20NCD2

U.K. B.S.
805M20

Time temperature transformation diagram for isothermal cooling

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H
normal

Density
Kg/dm3
7.86
RUSSIA
20HGNM

USA AISI/SAE
8620 appr.