Quality 42CrMo4 Quenching and Technical card

According to standards ISO 683-2: 2018 Tempering Steel Lucefin Group

Number 1.7225 rev. 2024
Chemical composition
C% Si% Mn% P% S Cr% Mo% Cu%
a) max max max
0,38-0,45 0,10-0,40 0,60-0,90 0,025 0,035 0,90-1,20 0,15-0,30 0,40 Product deviations are
± 0.03 ± 0.03 ± 0.04 + 0.005 ± 0.005 ± 0.05 ± 0.03 + 0.05 allowed
For 42CrMoS4 n° 1.7227, S% 0.020-0.040 product deviations + 0.005
a) Steels may be supplied with a lower silicon content. In this case, alternative means of deoxidation shall be used

On request, it may be supplied Calcium (Ca) or lead Pb% 0,15-0,35 treated in order to improve the machinability
Temperature °C
Hot-forming Normalizing +N Quenching +Q Quenching +Q Tempering +T Stress-relieving +SR
1100-850 870 860 820 540-680 50° under the
air (HB ~ 190) oil or polymer water air temperature of tempering
Soft Isothermal Spheroidizing End quench Pre-heating welding Stress-relieving
annealing +A annealing +I +AC hardenability test after welding
720 cooling 820 furnace cooling 760-775 840 300 550 furnace cooling
15 °C/h to 600, to 670, then air furnace cool water AC1 AC3 MS Mf
then air slowly 745 790 335 80
(HB max 241) (HB 180-240) (HB max 200)
Hardness of naturally material (+AR) HB 301 max, hardness after controlled cooling (+ARc) HB max 279
Mechanical properties
42CrMo4 1.7225 – 42CrMoS4 1.7227 Hot-rolled mechanical properties in quenched and tempered condition ISO 683: 2018
size d / t Testing at room temperature (longitudinal)
mm R Rp 0.2 A% Z% Kv2 HBW
from to N/mm2 N/mm2 min. min. min. J min. for information
16/8 1100-1300 900 10 40 - 331-380
16/8 40/20 1000-1200 750 11 45 35 298-359
40/20 100/60 900-1100 650 12 50 35 271-331
100/60 160/100 800-950 550 13 50 35 240-286
160/100 250/160 750-900 500 14 55 35 225-271
d = diameter t = thickness
Table of tempering values obtained at room temperature on rounds of Ø 10 mm after quenching at 850 °C in oil
HB 595 586 550 518 496 468 442 421 390 362 336 294 264
HRC 57 56.5 54.5 52.5 51 49 47 45 42 39 36 31 27
R N/mm 2 2200 2180 2030 1910 1800 1700 1590 1480 1350 1220 1100 980 880
Rp 0.2 N/mm2 1520 1600 1620 1590 1560 1510 1440 1340 1230 1110 1000 870 710
A % - 7.0 9.5 10.0 10.0 10.0 10.4 11.0 12.0 13.5 15.8 19.0 21.5
Kv J 24 27 28 27 26 26 26 27 31 42 75 114 135
Tempering at °C 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700
Data under fatigue +20 °C Data under fatigue +20 °C
+N 328 Cyclic yield strength, σ y’ +N 1000 Fatigue strength coefficient, σ f ’
+QT 716 N/mm2 low cycle number +QT 1454 N/mm2 low cycle number
+N 0.12 Cyclic strength exponent, n’ +N -0.11 Fatigue strength exponent, b
+QT 0.10 low cycle number +QT -0.08 low cycle number
+N 673 Cyclic strength coefficient, K ’ +N -1.00 Fatigue ductility exponent, c
+QT 1367 N/mm2 low cycle number +QT -0.72 low cycle number
Transition curve; LUCEFIN experience 2 50
2 40
100
95

Kv values on hot-rolled 130 mm round +QT induction for: 2 30

2 20
2 10
90
85

R = 930 N/mm2 – Rp = 766 N/mm2 A% = 18 Z% = 62 2 00

190
180
80

75
70
170

°C J Lat. Exp. mm Shear %

Cleavagearea%

160 65
150 60
140 55

+20 97 – 101 - 99 1,10 - 1,10 - 1,17 40

Joule

130
50
120
110 45

0 94 – 96 - 93 0,97 - 0,99 - 1,00 50 100

90
80
40
35

30

-20 63 – 91 - 92 0,56 - 0,52 - 0,93 60

70
60 25

50 20
40

-40 66 – 58 - 86 0,73 - 0,77 - 0,94 60

15
30
10
20
10 5

-60 50 – 55 - 58 0,54 - 0,72 - 0,78 70 0

-80 -6 0 -4 0 -20 0 20
0

Temperature °c

-80 38 – 29 - 35 0,27 - 0,35 - 0,26 90

42CrMoS4 1.7227 - 42CrMo4 1.7725 EN ISO 683-7:24 Lucefin Group
Hot-rolled annealed and Cold-drawn +A+C Hot-rolled annealed and Peeled +A+SH
size mm Testing at room temperature (longitudinal) Testing at room temperature (longitudinal)
R Rp 0.2 A% HBW R Rp 0.2 A% HBW
from to N/mm2 N/mm2 min min max N/mm2 N/mm2 min min max
5 b) 10 - - - 300 - - - -
10 16 - - - 290 - - - -
16 40 - - - 285 - - - 241
40 63 - - - 280 - - - 241
63 100 - - - 280 - - - 241
Hot-rolled, quenched and tempered and Cold-drawn +QT+C Hot-rolled quenched and tempered + Peeled +QT+SH
size mm Testing at room temperature (longitudinal) c) Testing at room temperature (longitudinal) a)
R Rp 0.2 A% Kv2 R Rp 0.2 A% Kv2
from to N/mm2 N/mm2 min min J min N/mm2 min N/mm2 min min J min
5 b) 10 1000-1200 770 8 - - - - -
10 16 1000-1200 750 8 - - - - -
16 40 1000-1200 720 9 - 1000-1200 750 11 35
40 63 900-1100 650 10 - 900-1100 650 12 35
63 100 900-1100 650 10 - 900-1100 650 12 35
c) for flats and special sections, tensile strength (R) may differ by ± 10% a) values valid also for +C+QT

b) for thickness < 5 mm, mechanical properties should be agreed

before order placement

42CrMo4 1.7225 Forged quenched and tempered UNI EN 10250-3: 2001
size d / t Testing at room temperature
mm R Rp 0.2 A% A% Kv +20 °C Kv +20 °C HB
from to N/mm2 min N/mm2 min min (L) min (T) J min (L) J min (T) min
250/160 750 500 14 10 30 16 225
250/160 500/330 700 460 15 11 27 14 213
500/330 750/500 600 390 16 12 22 12 178
L = longitudinal T = tangential d = diameter t = thickness
Lucefin experience. Hardness after quenching at 850 °C in water and tempering at:
Tempering to 530 °C Tempering at 620 °C
size mm < 200 > 200 < 400 > 400 < 200 > 200 < 400 > 400
HB 320 300 290 260 250 230
ISO 683-2: 2018 Jominy test HRC grain size 5 min.
mm distance from quenched end
1.5 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 H
min 53 53 52 51 49 43 40 37 34 32 31 30 30 29 29
max 61 61 61 60 60 59 59 58 56 53 51 48 47 46 45
Thermal Expansion 10-6 ● K-1 ► 10.5 11.4 11.5 12.1 12.7 13.2 13.6 14.0 14.4
Mod. of Elasticity long. GPa 217 213 230 207 199 192 184 175 164
Mod. of Elasticity tang. GPa 88 79 76 73 70 67 62
Specific Heat Capacity J/(Kg●K) 423 456 461 479 499 517 536 558 587
Thermal Conductivity W/(m●K) 45.1 45.1 44.1 41.9 39.4 36.9 34.4
Density Kg/dm3 7.85
Specific Electric Resistivity Ohm●mm2/m 0.231 0.284 0.358 0.448 0.552 0.671 0.806
Electrical Conductivity Siemens●m/mm2 4.33 3.52 2.79 2.23 1.81 1.49 1.24
°C -100 0 20 100 200 300 400 500 600
Physical properties according to DIN SEW 310 (08/1992) standard.
The symbol ►indicates temperature between -100 °C and 0 °C, -100 °C and 20 °C …
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42CrMo4 42CrMo4 ML42CrMo 42CrMo4 42CD4 708M40 38ChM 4140
 Scheda Tecnica di Prodotto | Technical Product sheet
STP 1.7225-42CrMo4
Rev. 00 del 05.02.2021

Composizione chimica/Chemical composition

P% S% Cu%
C% Si% Mn% Cr% Mo%
max max max
0,38-0,45 0,15-0,35 0,75-0,9 0,025 0,015 0,9-1,1 0,2-0,25 0,35

Proprietà meccaniche (valore statistici di produzione)/Mechanical Properties (Statistical value of production)

- Esecuzione: Laminato (+HW)/ Pelato rullato (+SH)/ Trafilato (+C)/Rettificato (+G)
- Execution: Hot rolled (+HW)/Peeled and reeled (+SH)/Cold drawn+C/Ground (+G)

Stato di fornitura: Bonificato (+QT)/Delivery condition: Quenched and Tempered (+QT)

Caratteristiche meccaniche compatibili per prodotti conformi alla classe

10.9 della ISO 898-1/Compatible mechanical properties for products
conforming to class 10.9 according to ISO 898-1
Resilienza
Prova di trazione/Tensile test Durezza/Hardness Impact
strength
Rm Rp 0.2
A Z KV
[MPa] [MPa] HB HRC HV
% min. % min. -20° min.
min. min.
1040 940 9 48 316-375 32-39 320-380 27 J (*)
(*) Ø ≥ mm 16

Caratteristiche meccaniche compatibili per prodotti conformi alla classe

10.9 della ISO 898-1/Compatible mechanical properties for products
conforming to class 10.9 according to ISO 898-1
Resilienza
Prova di trazione/Tensile test Durezza/Hardness Impact
strength
Rm Rp 0.2
A Z KV
[MPa] [MPa] HB HRC HV
% min. % min. -20° min.
min. min.
830 660 12 52 250-316 23-32 255-320 27 J (*)
(*) Ø ≥ mm 16

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