Metal Steel Alloy Steel Chromium Steel

DIN 1652-3 Grade 16MnCr5 treated to ferritic-pearlite structure and cold-drawn

Description
The steel 16 MnCr 5 is used for larger parts with higher core strength and advantageous toughness
properties in the vehicle and mechanical engineering (e.g. gears, shafts, steering parts). The lowest
application amounts to -25 °C, the best application up to 50 mm nominal size.

Related Standards

DIN 1652-3 EN 10277-4

Equivalent Materials

NBN 16MnCr5 GB 15CrMn AFNOR 16MC5 BS 527M17 GOST 18ChG

ISO 16MnCr5 UNI 16MnCr5 PN 16HG SS 2511-03

UNE F.1516-16MnCr5 ASTM 5115 DIN 1.7131 DIN 16MnCr5

BS 527M20 SS 2511 UNE 16MnCr5 AISI 5115 SAE 5115

JIS SCR415 EN 16MnCr5 EN 1.7131

Properties
General

Density ρ 7.85 g/cm³ at 20 °C

Mechanical

Elastic modulus E 217 GPa at -100 °C

Hardness, Brinell HB 140 - 287 [-] at 20 °C

Poisson's ratio ν 0.28 [-] at 20 °C

Thermal

Coefficient of thermal 1.05E-5 1/K at -100 °C

expansion α

Max service temperature, long -25 - 0 °C

Tmaxlong

Melting point Tm 1382 - 1529 °C Typical for Chromium Steel

Specific heat capacity cp 423 J/(kg·K) at -100 °C

Thermal conductivity λ 45.9 W/(m·K) at 20 °C

Thermal diffusivity αdiff 12.7 mm²/s at 20 °C

Electrical

Electrical resistivity ρel 2.27E-7 Ω·m at 20 °C

Chemical properties

Element Weight % Comment

Mn 1 - 1.3 %

Cr 0.8 - 1.1 %

Si 0.4 %

C 0.14 - 0.19 %

P 0.04 %

S 0.04 %

This material data has been provided by WIAM.

All metrics apply to room temperature unless otherwise stated. SI units used unless otherwise stated.
Equivalent standards are similar to one or more standards provided by the supplier. Some equivalent standards may be
stricter whereas others may be outside the bounds of the original standard.
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