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Material number Reference number AISI
1.2242 (59CrV4)
Identification
Applications
Wear resistant, high toughness.
Special steel for hand chisels of all types, including flat, cross-cut and pointed chisels for the treatment of hard materials. Also for
screwdrivers and other hand tools.
Soft annealing C Cooling Hardness HB
710 740 Furnace max. 230
Tempering C 100 200 300 400
HRC 61 58 55 50
Chemical composition Typical analysis in %
Steel properties
Heat treatment
Hardening C Quenching Hardness after quenching HRC
810 850 Oil 62
Stress-relief annealing C Cooling
approx. 650 680 Furnace
30
34
42
38
46
50
54
58
62
66
70
100 200 300 400 500 600 0 700 800
H
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n
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s
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H
R
C
Tempering temperature in C
1200
1100
1000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
10
0
10
1
10
2
10
0
10
1
10
2
10
3
10
4
1 10 10
2
10
3
10
4
10
5
M
S
100
0.31
240
Ac
1e
(0.4 / min)
Ac
1b
(0.4 / min)
100
3
0.55 0.13 1.3 2.3 6.8 5 / min 1.25 / min
250 290 370 480 660 740 770 790 798
100
100
10
6
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C
Time in sec
Time in min
Time in hr
HV 10
Hardness
0.06 0.1
2
20
70
B
P
Martensite stage
Austenite
Carbide
Time-temperature-transformation diagram Tempering diagram
C Mn Cr V
0.59 0.9 1.0 0.1
Material number Reference number AISI
1.2243 (61CrSiV5)
Identification
Applications
Wear resistant, high toughness.
Cold heading dies, shear blades, section-cutting shear blades and trimming dies, punching tools and bolting tools.
Soft annealing C Cooling Hardness HB
700 740 Furnace max. 220
Chemical composition Typical analysis in %
Steel properties
Heat treatment
Hardening C Quenching Hardness after quenching HRC
850 880 Oil or saltbath (180 220 C) 62
Stress-relief annealing C Cooling
approx. 650 680 Furnace
30
34
42
38
46
50
54
58
62
66
70
100 200 300 400 500 600 0 700 800
H
a
r
d
n
e
s
s

i
n

H
R
C
Tempering temperature in C
1200
1100
1000
900
800
700
600
500
400
300
200
100
0
10
0
10
1
10
2
1 10 100 1000 10000
1 10 10
2
10
3
10
4
10
5
10
6
M
S
A + K
M
Ac
1B
= 760 C
258
B
F
5
55
88
88 88
93
280
290
308
316
425
511
761 625 767
2
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C
Time in sec
Time in min
Time in hr
HV
Hardness
Ac
1E
= 810 C

10
98
2 7
12 12
12
3
Time-temperature-transformation diagram Tempering diagram
C Si Mn Cr V
0.60 0.9 0.8 1.1 0.1
Tempering C 100 200 300 400 500 600
HRC 62 61 57 52 47 40
Physical properties
Thermal conductivity W/(m

K) 20 C 350 C 700 C
33.5 32.0 31.0
Reference numbers in brackets are not standardized in EN ISO 4957. Reference numbers in brackets are not standardized in EN ISO 4957.
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