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Steel table for knife steels – composition and hardness

Steel gradeDeveloped in% Carbon% Chromium% Molybdenum% Vanadium% Manganese% Nickel% Silicon% Cobalt% Copper% Phosphorus% Nitrogen% Niobium% TungstenHRC hardness
1095USA0,9–1,03---0,3–0,5--------56–59
12C27Sweden0,5814--0,35-0,35------57–59
14C28NSweden0,6214--0,6-0,2--0,030,11--57–59
154CMUSA1,05144-0,4-0,35------58–59
3Cr13MoVChina0,26–0,412–14--1---0,04----52–55
4034Germany0,42–0,512,5–14,5--1-1------54–55
40X10C2MRussia0,45100,7–0,90,20,5–0,70,61,9–2,6-0,30,03---57–58
4116Germany0,45–0,5514–150,5–0,80,1–0,20-0------55–56
420USA0,4–0,512–14-----------54
440AUSA0,6–0,7516–180,75-1-1------56
440BUSA0,75–0,9516–180,75-1-1------56
440CUSA0,95–1,216–180,75-1-1------58–60
5160USA0,56–0,640,7–0,9--0,75–1-0,15–0,3--0,04---56–59
5Cr15MoVChina0,45150,5-1-1------55–56
8Cr13MoVChina0,8130,150,10,40,20,5--0,02---58–60
95X18Russia0,9–1,117–19--0,80,60,8-0,30,03---57–58
9Cr18MoVChina0,9–1,0516–19--0,8-0,8--0,03---56–58
Acuto+Japan0,9–0,9517–181,3–1,50,1–0,250,5-0,5--0,04---59–60
AEB-LSweden0,6713--0,6-0,4--0,025---60–62
ATS-34Japan1,05144-0,4-0,35------58–59
AUS-4Japan0,4–0,4513–14,5--10,41--0,4---55–57
AUS-6 (= 6A)Japan0,55–0,6513–14,5-0,1–0,251-1------56–57
AUS-8 (= 8A)Japan0,7–0,7513–14,50,1–0,30,1–0,251-1------57–58
C75Germany0,7–0,8---0,6–0,8-0,15–0,35--0,04---55–58
CPM-10VUSA2,455,251,39,750,5-0,9------60–64
CPM-3VUSA0,87,51,32,75---------62–63
CPM 20CVUSA1,920140,30,3-------60–62
CPM CruWearUSA1,107,251,62,4-1,2--0,00----61–63
CPM-D2USA1,5511,50,90,8---------59–61
CPM-M4USA1,445,25-0,3-0,55-0,06--5,5-60–62
CPM-S-30VUSA1,4514,524---------58
CPM-S-35VNUSA1,3814230,5-0,5---0,050,5-59–60
CPM S45VNUSA1,481623---0,15-0,5---60–62
CPM-S-60VUSA2,1517,50,55,750,5-0,5------57–58
CPM-154USA1,05144-0,5-0,3------58–61
CPM MagnacutUSA1,1510,7240,5-0,4---2--61–62
Cronidur-30Germany0,25–0,3514–160,85–1,1-0–10–0,50–1---0,3–0,5--58–60
CTS 204PUSA1,920140,3-0,6------60–62
CTS 20CPUSA2,2131,39,30,5-0,9------61–62
CTS 40CPUSA1,718130,3-0,8------58–60
CTS B52USA0,98–1,11,3–1,6--0,25–0,45-0,15–0,3------61–63
CTS B75PUSA1,1–1,214–153,8–4,21–1,50,5-0,3------60–61
CTS BD1USA0,915,50,30,10,6-0,37------57–59
CTS BD-30PUSA1,514240,5-0,3------58–60
CTS XHPUSA1,6160,80,450,50,350,4------61–63
D2USA1,512110,60,30,6------59–61
ElmaxSweden1,718130,3-0,8------60–61
GIN-1Japan0,915,50,3-0,6-0,37-0,030,02---56–58
H1Japan0,1514–160,5–1,5-26–83–4,5--0,040,1--58–59
K390Austria2,474,23,890,40,552------62–65
K490 MicrocleanAustria1,46,41,53,7-------3,5-bis 64
M390Austria1,920140,30,7-------60–62
N690Austria1,0717,31,10,10,4-0,41,5-----58–60
N695Austria0,95–1,216–180,75-1-1------58–60
Niolox (1.4153)Germany0,812,71,10,9-------0,7-58–62
Nitro-BSpain0,5515,50,50,10,2-0,25--0,21---bis 62
Nitro-VUSA0,66–0,712,7–13,3-0,05–0,10,6–0,7-0,25--0–0,2---62
RWL34Sweden1,051440,20,5-0,5------60–62
S70USA0,45–0,553–3,51,3–1,80,2–0,30,2–0,8-0,2–1------60–62
SGPSSweden1,4152,820,4-0,5--0,03---62
SK-5Japan0,9–1-0,3---0,3------57–60
SK-85Japan0,8–0,90–0,3--0,1–0,50–0,250,1–0,35-0–0,250,03---57–60
SleipnerSweden0,97,82,50,50,5-0,9------>60
T6MoVFrance0,614,20,650,1-0,23-------54–56
VG-10Japan0,95–1,0514,5–15,50,9–1,20,1–0,30,5-0,61,3–1,5-0,3---58–60
VG-2Japan0,6–0,713–150,1–0,2-0,50,150,5--0,03---57–58
X-15T.N.France0,415,520,3-----0,2---58
X50CrMoV15Germany0,45–0,5514–150,5–0,80,1–0,20-0------55–56
ZDP-189Japan320-----------65–67
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