Quality 102Cr6 (100Cr6) Technical card

According to standards UNI EN ISO 4957: 2002 Trafilix

Number 1.2067 Lucefin Group
Chemical composition
C% Si% Mn% P% S% Cr% Mo% Cu%
max max Permissible
0,95-1,10 0,15-0,35 0,25-0,45 0,030 0,030 1,35-1,65 -- -- deviations on the
± 0.03 ± 0.03 ± 0.04 + 0.005 + 0.005 ± 0.05 -- -- product
Temperature °C
Hot forming Quenching Quenching Tempering Stress relieving Annealing must be done
Annealing after machining and
1050-900 Heating up to 650 850 oil/ polymer 180-220 600-650 before final heat
pause, after salt bath 500-550 air furnace cooling treatment
820 water salt bath 180-200
Soft Spheroidizing Recrystallization End quench Preheating Stress relieving
annealing annealing hardenability test welding after welding
740-770 770-780 furnace 750 cooling -- not recommended not recommended
air cooling to 630 after, furnace to
300 after air 300 after air AC1 AC3 MS Mf
HB max 223 a) (HB max 207) (HB max 220) 750 785 210 --
a) The hardness in cold drawn condition (+A+C) can be higher of 20 HB in reference to annealed condition (+A)

Mechanical and physical properties

Table of tempering values at room temperature for round Ø 10 mm after quenching oil at 850°C
HB 739 722 706 688 654 595 543 496 442 409 371 336 301 243 --
HRC UNI EN ISO 4957 65 64 63 62 60 57 54 51 47 44 40 36 32 23 --
R N/mm2 -- -- 2400 2500 2470 2300 2100 1900 1650 1410 1250 1110 1010 810 --
Rp 0.2 N/mm2 -- -- 1800 2080 2190 2090 1900 1700 1500 1300 1100 950 800 690 --
A % -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 5.0 7.0 9.0 12.0 16.0 18.0 --
C % -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 22 30 34 44 50 54 --
K Mesnager J -- -- 5 7 8 9 11 14 18 24 30 44 57 70 --
Tempering at °C 50 100 150 200 250 300 350 400 450 500 550 600 650 700 750
HRC from surface to heart for different diameters quenched
in oil at 850°C Veariations in hardness show the mass effect
mm 0 5 10 15 20
Ø 10 65 64
Ø 30 64 62 59 58
Ø 40 62 57 52.5 50.5 50

Hardness / Structures curves

Thermal expansion [ m/(m●K)] ●10-6 -- 12.5 13.2 13.6 14.0 14.3 --

Thermal conductivity W/(m●K) 33.0 -- -- 32.2 -- -- 31.4
Modulus of elasticity long. N/mm2 212000 -- -- -- -- -- --
Modulus of elasticity tang. N/mm2 81000 -- -- -- -- -- --
Testing at °C 20 100 200 300 400 500 700
Specific heat capacity Density Thermal conductivity Specific electric resist. Conductivity
J/(Kg●K) Kg/dm3 W/(m●K) Ohm●mm2/m Siemens●m/mm2
460 7.85 -- 0.30 3.33
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Heat treatment Temperature (+ …°C) - min. values Fatigue data
20 200 300 350 400 450 500 600
+QT 1339 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Cyclic yield strength, σ y’
N/mm2 low cycle fatigue
+QT 0.15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Cyclic strength exponent, n’
low cycle fatigue
+QT 3328 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Cyclic strength coefficient, K ’
N/mm2 low cycle fatigue
+QT 2620 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Fatigue strength coefficient, σ f ’
N/mm2 low cycle fatigue
+QT - 0.09 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Fatigue strength exponent, b
low cycle fatigue
+QT 0.15 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Fatigue ductility coefficient, g f ’
low cycle fatigue
+QT - 0.56 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Fatigue ductility exponent, c
low cycle fatigue
+QT quenched an tempered, hardening in oil 830-870°C, tempering 150-180°C
Time – temperature – transformation diagram for isothermal cooling